The Country Smallholder Magazine - October 2022

In this issue

Hedgerows for health - Time to plant for the future, for wildlife and for you.

Where to live now - New property series from around the UK highlighting smallholdings.

Eeee-cor! Donkeys, dolphins and saxifrages get helping hand with £15million extra funding for nature

Minister for Climate Change Julie James has announced nearly £15million for landowners and managers who want to improve biodiversity to help Wales fight the climate and nature emergencies.

2 mins

NFU Mutual’s top tips for securing classic Rover Defenders

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

1 min

What's On - EVENTS IN OCTOBER FOR SMALLHOLDERS

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

3 mins

Where the Buffalo roam

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

5 mins

Bring and buy-selling produce on your allotment

Michael Wale explores how the pandemic brought a change of direction in raising funds for his West London allotment site.

6 mins

Looking to the future

John Sones considers some sustainable ideas for your holding

3 mins

The organic option – a whole system way of thinking

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

3 mins

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.

2 mins

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.

2 mins

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!

6 mins

Don’t overlook the importance of camelid preventative healthcare

Dr Ami Sawran MRCVS explains what you need to consider

3 mins

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

3 mins

Chick Peace – Chicken Vanilla calming spray

Growing chicks moving to an outside pen, enjoyed this product

1 min

Time for tomatoes

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

1 min

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.

2 mins

Smallholding Notice Board

What’s happening in the world of smallholding!

1 min

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The Country Smallholder Magazine Description:

The Country Smallholder is aimed at the ever-increasing UK audience interested in living a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable way of life. From people already living on a smallholding, to allotment owners; from those with a couple of acres of land, to those aspiring to get more out of their garden or even window box. With 73% of UK residents claiming to want to live more sustainably post Covid, The Country Smallholder has something for everyone.

Every issue will carry; free vet advice; helpful practical features on all aspects of smallholding, from keeping chickens to crop rotation; information on poultry, pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, and alpacas; rural crafts; property; small tractors and machinery, as well as keeping readers up to date with all the latest news and innovations.