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October's Smallholder: Packed with everything you need for a successful smallholding

10:40am Wednesday 24th August 2011

In October's Smallholder

January Smallholder 2011

5:59pm Tuesday 14th December 2010

New Directions for a New Year plus pull out poultry pages packed with advice. Plus win a starter kit for poultry incubation and offers on practical days out.

Smallholder 2010 October - on sale now!

8:20am Monday 30th August 2010

4 EDITOR’S WELCOME Bees on the move; school smallholding; pumpkin patch 5 READERS LETTERS Community growing – is it really so new?

Smallholder September Contents on sale w/c 2 August

11:04am Friday 30th July 2010

4 EDITOR’S WELCOME Making a woodland garden; getting bees through the winter 5 READERS LETTERS Bad year for incubation; what about hay substitutes?

Augsut issue - now on sale - contents

4:12pm Wednesday 30th June 2010

5 EDITOR’S WELCOME 6 READERS LETTERS Considering the real price of oil 7 DIARY News and events for August countrywide 8 FOCUS ON SHOWS Summer special round up 10 GETTING STARTED Meet the smallholders who got started in the nineteen seventies 12 GETTING STARTED From Estate Agent to Pig Breeder 18 FOCUS ON LEARNING Make the most of this summer to seek a new skill 21 BOOKS FOR THE SUMMER Reading for long light evenings – self sufficiency; in the garden; in the workshop 26 cattle Traditional cattle for the smallholding 28 GROW YOUR OWN Controlling pests in the vegetable garden the natural way; on the allotment; how do you deal with a garden surplus; what to sow in late summer 39 MACHINERY The John Deere Gator; Vintage and veteran tractors – the very British Nuffield 47 HEALTH How to cope on your land when you are ill 48 PROPERTY Is this a good time to buy a smallholding?

Smallholder Contents January 2009

12:16pm Wednesday 14th January 2009

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FMD surveillance zone to be lifted

3:15pm Friday 2nd November 2007

Defra has confirmed that the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Surveillance Zone will be lifted on Monday 5 November subject to there being no change in the disease situation and the completion of the necessary surveillance testing.

Bluetongue result

12:06pm Tuesday 30th October 2007

Defra has today published the first epidemiology report into the Bluetongue outbreak, based on the situation up to 19 October.

CONTENT - AUGUST 2007

3:56pm Wednesday 11th July 2007

Below is the content of the August Edition of Smallholder Also a brief resume of content in next month's issue. The August edition of Smallholder is now on sale at all leading newsagents.