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What About Bees On A Smallholding? Designing The Apiary
Claire Waring considers how to arrange your hives
The Boer Goat Looks, Personality And Great Meat!
At the start of her own Boer goat enterprise, Jack Smellie talks to several existing producers and explains why Boers and their meat have so much to offer, as well as gaining valuable advice for newbies such as herself……
Duck Or Drake?
It depends on when you want to know says Chris Ashton
Handling Alpacas
Practical suggestions from Joy Whitehead
Keeping Lambs
We were lucky, we hadn’t been looking, well we had, but not seriously and this property just crept up on us.
Smallholding In France
The end of what had been feeling like an endless summer, arrived with a bit of a shock, with early November temperatures suddenly falling from the high 20’s, to the surprise of waking up to a light frost.
Wool And Fleece In Winter?
Although the main shearing season for sheep is from May to September across the UK, there is plenty of fleece being harvested at other times of year.
New Year Resolutions
Jessica Wombwell looks at improvement ideas to stick to
Rearing Your Own Christmas Dinner
The project will be both challenging and rewarding says Janice Houghton-Wallace
The Moult Is A Natural Process
Jessica Wombwell explains why there is feather loss in poultry
Wensleydale Sheep
Helen Babbs meets the hardy Yorkshire breed with the magnificent fleece.
Looking The Goat In The Mouth
Tamsin Cooper examines traits to look for when buying dairy goats.
Making Machinery Work In Late Summer
Tom Addlesborough has some warming thoughts
Come Home Safe
John Sones looks further into safety on the holding
Safety First
In this issue Bernard Holloway previews a new Practical Sheep, Goat and Alpaca regular series: ‘Health & Safety’. Even smaller farmers and smallholders with older tractors need to take care to avoid accidents and we aim to give you some pointers.
Coloured Eggs
Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at whether speciality eggs are a marketing trend
Harmonious Housing For Goats
Tamsin Cooper investigates research into goat-friendly accommodation