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No bleating about these goats’ milk body care products!

Zoe Mitchell is a keen member of Norwich Goat Club and she also attends farmers markets all over Norfolk and even some in Suffolk. She’ll be doing Christmas markets as well.

Chick Peace – Chicken Vanilla calming spray

Growing chicks moving to an outside pen, enjoyed this product

Stars of the Show!

Bath-based smallholder, Stuart Jones, is a hobby breeder of British Saddlebacks and has recently won accolades at prestigious national shows including the Bath and West Show and the Royal Isle of Wight County Show. Here, Stuart shares his advice for creating the best foundations to raise healthy prizewinning Saddlebacks.

Time for tomatoes

Young help shows off the tomato fertiliser we used on the tomatoes

The unsung hero of wildlife – the hedgerow

Mark Nowers, RSPB Conservation Turtle Dove Advisor gives so many reasons to get planting this autumm to help wildlife and people in the future

What's On - EVENTS IN OCTOBER FOR SMALLHOLDERS

ALWAYS CHECK BEFORE TRAVELLING AS EVENTS CAN BE CANCELLED AT SHORT NOTICE

What to do if your goat has bladder problems and how to prevent them

David Harwood BVetMed, FRCVS looks at the causes and cures of these often life threatening illnesses where the owner needs to be able to spot the symptoms and act quickly!

The organic option – a whole system way of thinking

The Organic Feed Company nutritionist Joanna Palmer, looks at feeding your poultry and livestock organically.

How to spot and treat Border disease

Border disease is a disease in sheep known to cause a variety of problems within your flock such as abortions, still born lambs, poor scanning rates and weak lambs at birth.

Smallholding Notice Board

What’s happening in the world of smallholding!

Where the Buffalo roam

Josephine Laing visits an award nominated smallholder with unusual but productive livestock

Looking to the future

John Sones considers some sustainable ideas for your holding

Don’t overlook the importance of camelid preventative healthcare

Dr Ami Sawran MRCVS explains what you need to consider

NFU Mutual’s top tips for securing classic Rover Defenders

Another victim of theft, Stephen Murgatroyd, Cornwall, with his recovered Land Rover Defender

Icelanders are changing their minds - in favour of whales

Here we go again. We were on the verge of celebrating a permanent end to the horrors of Iceland's past - it looked as if it had hung up its harpoons for good - - but our cautious optimism was premature.

SPINNING AROUND

Dewy autumn mornings showcase the beautiful, intricate work of our eight-legged friends

Deep purple

Clusters of dark elderberries provide a welcome feast for many bird species

How many leaves on a tree?

To learn more about how trees can mitigate climate change, scientists need to know their leaf area. So how do you work that out?

RODENTS REWRITING HISTORY

DNA analysis of island-dwelling voles and mice is revealing startling secrets about our ancient past

PUFFIN SUMMER

Every year, tens of thousands of puffins return to the Welsh isle of Skomer to mate, nest and raise their young

SHOW & TELL

Teaching was once considered a uniquely human behaviour, but science now recognises a small and very diverse group of species as animal teachers

Sweet tooth

Worker wasps search for a sugar hit in their final days

Flying back from the brink of extinction

One of the world's rarest parrots - the Spix's macaw - is now ready to start breeding

MEET THE SCIENTIST Beth Reinke

A professor of biology who is increasing our understanding of how ageing works in the wild

Singing in tune

Study reveals humpback whales can accurately learn a song from a different humpback population

CROCODILE ISLAND

Welcome to Lago Enriquillo: the undisputed crocodile capital of the Caribbean

GILLIAN BURKE

"Mount Kilimanjaro has stood the test of time and will watch over"

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES: WARRAMABA VIRGO

Lucy Cooke on the female army that captured Australia by giving up sex

MARK CARWARDINE: OPINION

"The Maasai must be included in conservation planning"

Avian flu is killing thousands of UK birds

An outbreak of avian flu could have a potentially devastating impact on Britain's wild birds, especially globally important seabird populations