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Land based T levels to be launched
Jane Brooks looks at new qualifications for young people in the land-based industries
Could your bees be starving in the sunshine?
Claire Waring looks at what to do if the forage runs out in late summer
Later season seed sowings
Kim Stoddart explains which vegetable seed can still be sown this month for longer lasting harvests ...
New introductions to the current flock
Acquiring new stock is always an exciting time but, as Paul Donovan investigates, introducing them to an established flock can have its difficulties
Taking care of turkeys
Keeping turkeys happy and healthy by understanding what they need
Reporting from a very special poultry sale
Grant Brereton meets a respected breeder
But what exactly is a True Bantam?
Grant Brereton takes a closer look at these spectacular small chickens
Hot Summers and Poultry Drinkers
Hot, dry summer days brings a new set of challenges when providing water to your poultry. Fiona and Hugh Osborne describe how they have solved some of these issues.
Keeping ducks free of diseases
Liz Fairbrother says your observation and management will help to keep your ducks dabbling
Vet advice from an experienced poultry vet
Not only holiday makers like hot weather and especially red mite! so do parasites
Influx of new buyers pushes up prices of amenity land at auction
lan Kitson Director, Cheffins reflects on why the market for grazing land land is on the up
Smallholding down under - bushfires, brown snakes but satisfying
Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at living off the land in Australia
Small but mighty; why Lowlines are perfect for smallholders
Standing at just over one-metre tall, Lowlines are the perfect fit for smallholders.
It's a Dog's Life Down on the Farm - and on the smallholding...
In his bi-monthly series, Jeremy Hobson continues to discuss the life of the smallholders' dog as a working companion and pet
What can happen if a goat's brain or nervous system develops a fault?
Goat Vet, David Harwood BVetMed, FRCVS, looks at what can go wrong and considers prevention
Getting Started with Longhorns
Wade Muggleton took the big step of keeping their own cattle and he hasn't looked back!
Building a better fruit cage
Fiona and Hugh Osborne extensively use fruit and vegetable cages to protect valuable crops.
Excitement builds for 2023 Blacknose Beauties National Show & Sale
The immensely popular Blacknose Beauties National Show & Sale returns once again to H&H Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th August.
Transporting livestock thoughts on trailers
John Sones gives top towing tips and looks at the legalities
Beat the heat!
Andrew Fothergill, National Poultry Advisor at Farmgate Feeds gives his advice on keeping your hens comfortable in the warmer months.
Cost of Living Crisis: How we can grow back
Andrew Oldham shows how to take back some control of your food
From Fleece to Floor
Jack Smellie explains the process of turning newly shorn fleece into fibre for rug making
Can My Goat Dairy Be Eco-Friendly?
Tamsin Cooper finds greener ways to manage productive goats
Alpacas-Identification and Record keeping
Joy Whitehead explores what you must do, what you might do and what you should do!
Happiness in herbs Top Ten to grow
Kim Stoddart outlines her pick of the most flavour some, resilient best for your smallholding biodiversity-boosting, vegetable garden....
Everything's Coming Up Rhubarb
Andrew Oldham praises a very British practical crop, easy to grow but so diverse in uses and recipes
Time to talk turkey again
Liz Fairbrother says with summer upon us we need now to think of the festive season and plan for turkeys
Get cracking with eggs.
Paul Donovan investigates the biology of an egg which is a marvel of nature
Keeping the flag flying for pure breeds of poultry
Grant Brereton gets breeders and owners together and considers eBay for hatching eggs
Vet advice from an experienced poultry vet
The birds are out but Avian Flu is still here - how to help your hens be safe