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B backflow, preventing 12.14 Bacon and Egg pie 12.13 baiting, code for 11.51 baked beans, barbecued 07.27 barbecuing, with honey 07.24-7 Barton Hill Kune 09.34 basil 06.66, 07.67-9 battery hens 04.113 rescuing (personal experience) 12.78 bay leaves 12.43 BCMS scheme, changes to 02.35 beach donkeys 11.59 competition 08.89 Beautiful Sheep (book review) 11.29 Beazley, Alan (smallholder) 07.33-5 Bee Craft 12.31 Bee Culture 12.31-3 Bee Health Strategy 06.56-7, 07.21 BeeBiz 12.31 beef enterprise, organic 10.31-3 beef goulash 03.33 beefsteak fungus 11.33 beefsteak tomatoes, advice on growing 01.39-40 beekeepers, books for 12.31-3 Beekeepers Quarterly 12.31 beekeeping disease prevention 03.27-8 educational opportunities 09.25-7 feeding for winter 08.25-7 hive inspections 04.30 jobs August 08.27 December 12.33 July 07.27 September 09.27 receiving panic phone calls 05.21-2 reducing varroa mite numbers during summer 06.59-60 Royal Show plans 06.60 seasonal hive management 02.22-4 ten ways to make it easier 01.80-1 bees health and research 07.21 loss of 07.23 urgent action needed to ensure population 11.13 see also honey Bees Abroad 09.27 Bees at the Bottom of the Garden (book review) 12.33 Bees for Development 09.27 beetles 11.47 Bell, Michael 10.31-3 Bellamy, David 10.12-13 Bicton Rural Academy 09.33 bio fuels, caution on using 06.15 biodiesel 09.45-7 biological pest control 05.41 bird flu see avian flu bird group, welfare meeting, Coventry 06.39 birds common finches 02.26-7 feeding 10.54 nesting boxes 02.09, 10.54 see also Garden Bird Feeding Survey Black Rock poultry 11.83 Black Wyandottes 07.77 blackcurrant jam 07.63 blackcurrants, pruning 01.84 blacksmiths distinguished from farriers 11.16 Wayland 11.14-16 blanching 07.59-61 Blue Cross, guide to fireworks 11.11 Blue Tongue blame on smallholders 07.55 spread of, Scotland 06.21 vaccination 06.9, 08.55 vaccine 10.37, 10.52 boletus fungi 11.31 borage 07.67 Bovine Virus Diarrhoea (BVD) 09.57 brambling 02.27 Brecon and Radnor Beekeepers (B&RBKA) 04.7 brews, for cold nights 01.69-70 Brimstone butterfly 05.33 British Alpaca Society 03.75, 07.51 British Beekeepers' Association 07.21, 09.27 British Goose Producers 01.104-5 British Waterfowl Association, National Exhibition 02.90-1 British Waterways Board 07.30 brown hares 05.27 BTCV 05.24 buckwheat 09.40 Buff Wyandottes 07.77 bull-running 11.07 bullfinch 02.26 butchery course 05.28 butterflies, identification guide 05.33 Buzy Lizzies 11.37
C C-Change Sustainable Homes discounts 12.23 caecal worm, in poultry 11.86-7 calves rearing 09.57-9 starting with sucklers 04.55-6 camelids origins of 05.79-81 see also alpacas; llamas canals 07.29-30 Candlemas Day 02.11 caravans, DVD about 08.37 carbon footprint, reducing 01.28-9, 05.14 carcass disposal, Scotland 09.13 carrion crow 03.55 castration, FAWC report 10.52 cats facts about feral 06.35 rodent control 06.35-7 cattle carcass disposal, Scotland 09.13 DNA testing to prove identity 02.35 getting started with 06.72-5 guidance on choosing breeds 05.65-6 see also native breeds; rare breeds see also calves Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare (book review) 11.29 Celtic Dance, Smallholder and Garden Festival (RWAS) 03.9 cereals, to cut feed costs 09.47-8 chaffinch 02.26 cheese recipe (goats' milk) 5.77 Chelsea Flower Show 08.33 chicken(s) avoiding theft 09.77-8 with cider and garlic 10.18 Ditchingham roundabout 05.99 free-range 04.102 hidden costs of cheap 03.87 honey marinade 07.27 "Chicken Out" campaign 03.87, 04.91-3 China goose 07.88 chives 07.69 Chorioptes 02.71 Christmas gifts for smallholders 12.35 hyacinths for 12.37 selling turkeys successfully 10.81 Christmas trees, preserving 01.84 cider cake 10.26 cider making 10.16-18 city farms 09.09 clay pigeon shooting 03.9 cleavers 07.53 Cleveland Bay Horse Society 02.21 clover 09.40 clubs 08.29-31 coccidiosis, in calves 09.57 cockerels, in chapel 03.101-2 Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) 06.56-7, 07.21 colostrum 03.80-2 Common Ground 12.08 composting 04.33-4 conservation, chance for volunteers 05.24 conservation areas 10.47 contagious ovine digital dermatitis 11.41-2 container growing 07.57 Cooper, Barbara 08.51 coppicing 10.57 coriander 10.30 Cornwall, demand for land 08.20 Cornwall Beekeepers Association 05.22 Cornwall Camelid Association 04.87 corpse paths 04.8-9 country calendar February 02.11 March 03.11 April 04.09 May 05.11 June 06.20 July 07.30 August 08.5 September 09.05 October 10.09 November 11.07 December 12.08 Country Markets 03.12 countryside, getting children interested in 06.43 Countryside Agency 10.11 Countrywide 09.18, 10.26 courgette flowers 07.69 crimson clover 09.40 crocuses, autumn-flowering 01.84 crofters, exploring new markets 03.13-14 crofting, Shucksmith report 11.21 crows 03.55-7
D daisies, common 07.69 dance festival, Smallholder and Garden Festival (RWAS) 0.39 Dangerous Wild Animals Act (1976) 01.23 daylillies 07.69 dead nettle 07.53 DEFRA, carcass disposal 09.13 depluming mites 06.95 diesel see biodiesel; fossil diesel; red diesel Ditchingham road chickens 05.99 DNA testing, proving cattle identity 02.35 Dog Days 07.30 Doherty, Jimmy 08.41-3 Domestic Fowl Trust, tourism award 01.23 donkey breeder (Annie Pollock) 02.31-3 donkeys caring for 06.13 keeping cool in summer 08.49 see also beach donkeys Doonies Farm, the battle to save 08.70 Drayton, Shell and Phil 10.27-9, 12.55-7 driving, getting the best from your 4x4 12.49, 12.53 ducks breeds Australian 10.87-8 conservation of rare 08.75-7 Indian Runners 05.89-91, 06.103-5, 07.85-6 flock size and breeding 04.103-4 importance of preening 03.95-9 parasites 03.99 seasonal moulting 02.93-5 treating wet feathers 03.99, 10.85 UK food suppliers 07.86
E earthball fungus (common) 11.31 Easter Sunday 03.11 Easy Care sheep 08.57 Eco homes 12.23 Ecology Building Society 12.23 educational courses 03.39-41 beekeeping 09.25-7 independent, one day 09.29-30 learning about alpaca fibre 09.31 training ideas 09.33-4 egg production feeding for 10.75-7 improving 01.86-9 small-scale 09.83-5 egg recipes 12.13 eggs 03.89-90 incubation see incubation see also free range eggs Electronic Identification (EID) condemnation of 11.65 facts about 12.11 opinions on 12.10-11 possible consequences 08.57 Ely riot 06.18-20 Emvelo products 10.89 endurance riding 09.15-16 Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) 11.57 England Implementation Group (EIG) 06.39, 06.41 The English Year (book review) 12.33 Enrich 09.35 Entry Level Stewardship 10.47-9, 11.53 environment, natural resources audit 10.57 environmental grants 10.47-9 Equine Health and Welfare Strategy 06.41 Equine Ramblers UK 09.16 equines see donkeys; horses and ponies EradiBait 12.22 Essex Red Clover 09.40
F false death cap fungus 11.31 Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) 10.52 FARMA 03.13 farmers, national advice service for 10.33 Farmers' Markets 03.12-13 farming, modern 11.19 Farming Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) 02.84 farriers, modern 11.16 farrowing at Tatton Park 02.36-7 natural approach to 09.63-5 piglet survival 10.64-5 Feast of First Fruits 08.05 Federation of Irish Beekeepers 09.27 feed costs, cutting 09.47-8, 12.63-5 fenugreek 09.40 feral cats facts about 06.35 rodent control 06.35-7 Ferrari Vega tractors 10.49 Festival of Native and Traditional Breeds (RBST) 07.7, 08.10 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 12.08 Ffarm Fach 03.30-1, 04.58-61 field beans 09.40 finches 02.26-7 fireworks 11.10-11, 11.81 fleece alpaca after shearing 10.69-71 educational course 03.75, 09.31 harvesting 09.66-9 mini mills 11.67-8 carding 02.75, 02.77 sheep, from rare breeds 08.51 see also spinning Flora Day 05.10-11 flower meadows 10.54 flowers edible 07.67-9 spring arrangements 03.33-4 summer arrangements 08.62-5 see also Chelsea Flower Show; individual flowers Flubenvet 11.87 fly-tipping, preventing 09.53-5 foals, feeding 06.83 food miles 09.18 food riots (1816) 06.18-20 footrot 08.55, 11.41 fossil diesel, cheaper alternative to 10.59-61 free-range eggs, supply contract with Asda 07.79 freezing fruit and vegetables 07.59-61 herbs 07.64 Frizzle poultry 08.79-80 fruit preserving 07.59-63 see also individual fruits fruit cake (all-in-one) 04.25 fruit garden attempt at growing a cherry tree 05.105 seasonal tasks 05.35 see also individual fruit fungi, identification guide 11.31-
3G Game-to-Eat campaign 11.13 gapeworm, in poultry 11.87 Garden Bird Feeding Survey 01.25-6 gardens see allotments; kitchen garden garlic mustard 05.31 Gawain and the Green Knight 01.70-1 Geden, Ian 06.16 geese breeds, Australian 10.87-8 domestication 12.81-3 from Asia 07.88-9, 09.87-8 seasonal moulting 02.93-5 see also British Goose Producers Ghazala, Philip 07.9-11 globe artichokes 10.45 goats breeds, Angora 12.50-1 choosing the right buck 08.59-60 exhibiting 06.77-8 and fireworks 11.10-11 harvesting crops for 07.53-5 health diet 11.69 managing, and full-time employment 05.69-71 mange mites in 02.71 milk cheese recipe 05.77 maximising supply 10.36-7 productivity during the wettest months 02.66-7 recording concessions on movement 10.37 starting out with 03.58-9 tagging see Electronic Identification see also kids Goddard, Louise 11.49 goldfinch 01.25, 02.26 Golf, Elinor (smallholder) 03.22 grant schemes (FWAG) 02.84 grapes, growing 04.37 grassland conservation for use in winter 05.55-7 converting from intensive chemical techniques 07.45 good grazing practice 06.33-4 growing and maintaining perfect pasture 04.45-7 leaving ungrazed for wildlife 10.57 ploughing and re-seeding 06.47 re-seeding and establishing new 06.47 restoring worn-out 06.45-7 tackling weeds in 06.45 greater stitchwort 05.31 Green Compost Product Directory 01.10 green geese 12.83 Green Goddess 11.22-3 green home-owners 12.23 Green Horizons (2008) 05.14 green manures 09.39-40 greenfinch 02.2 greenhouses unheated, winter use 01.84 using small heaters in large 03.47 Gregorian calendar 10.09, 12.08 ground beetles 11.47
H hairworm, in poultry 11.86 Hal an Tow 05.10-11 Hallowe'en 10.09 Hamburg parsley 09.37 hanging baskets 05.47 hares 05.27 hawthorn berries, harvesting 07.56 hay 05.55-7 Hay Boost 12.16 hay-making planning for success 02.55-7 sharing and cutting costs 03.60-3 Haybob, buying second-hand 04.49-51 haylage 05.57 health see Rural Health Week hedgerows 10.47 hen pecking 10.83 hens eggs see eggs helping them deal with summer heat 08.85-6 protecting from foxes 11.77-9 see also battery hens herbs for cooking 06.65-6 drying and freezing 07.64 knowing and growing 11.35 see also individual herbs Higher Level Stewardship 10.49 hive inspections 04.30 Holly Blue butterfly 05.33 Holy Cross (Rood) Day 09.05 Home Condition Report (HCR) 11.57 Home Farm Organics 10.31-3 Home Information Pack (HIP) 11.55-7 homeopathy 02.28, 08.55 homes, green 12.23 honey barbecuing with 07.24-7 see also bees; National Honey Show hoof fungus 11.33 horns 03.67-8 horse boxes, DVD about 08.37 horseback, networking on 09.16 horses and ponies breeds, Cleveland Bay 02.21 coping with winter weather 02.19-20 endurance riding 09.15-16 feeding 12.65-7 healthy vitamin boost 12.16 livery 05.37 New Forest stallion scheme 02.21 pitfalls of buying 03.35 showing 04.11 summer care 08.46-9 see also foals; mares; Shire Horse Society hot cross buns 04.25 hotbeds 03.47 house sparrows, decline in 01.25 Human Handling of Livestock – Guidance Notes 11.65 Hungarian grazing rye 09.40 hyacinths, for Christmas 12.37
I ice cream, establishing a business 12.12-13 Ides of March 03.11 incubation egg collection 03.91-3 getting started 02.87-9 hatching day 06.91-3 successful hatching 04.95-6 turkey eggs 05.95 Indian goose 07.89 Indian Runner ducks 05.89-91, 06.103-5, 07.85-6 inland waterways 07.29-30 insects attracting beneficial 06.69-71 taking care of beneficial 11.45-7 Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers 09.27 Institute of Rural Health 10.11 Irish Stew 03.33 ivy, as wildlife habitat 10.57
J jackdaws 03.57 jam-making 07.61-3 Jew's ear fungus 11.33
K KellyBronze Farmers scheme 05.97 Kendrick, William 06.53-4 Kent Game Fair 03.9 kids, birth and care of 01.64-5 kitchen garden advice for beginners 01.35-7 April tasks 04.34 attracting beneficial insects 06.69-71 growing from seed 03.52-3 herbs for cooking 06.65-6 May tasks 05.35 pest control 05.39-41 planning ahead 02.43-4 seasonal tasks 01.41, 02.53 see also allotments; fruit garden knitting, tension square with home-spun yarn 10.67 Know Your Sheep (book review) 11.29
L lacewings 11.45-7 Lady Day 03.11 ladybirds 11.45 lamb, honey marinade 07.27 lambing kit preparation for 01.61-2 potential problems after 03.83-4 reducing losses 03.80-2 signs of impending birth 02.68-9 lambs rearing surplus 04.77 tail docking report 10.52 Lamb's Wool 01.69-70 lameness, in sheep 11.41-2 laminitis 08.49 Lamma Show 01.55-7 Lammas Day 08.05 land see amenity land Land Girls 03.10-11 Land Registers 01.45-7 Landmanager service (FWAG) 02.84 Langshan poultry 03.104 Large Wyandottes 07.75-7 Lavender Wyandottes 07.77 lilac 07.67 linnet 02.27 Littleport riot 06.20 livestock getting started in rare breeds 08.50-1 horns 03.67-8 locating and choosing 03.36-7 see also alpacas; cattle; goats; llamas; pigs; poultry; sheep llamas mange mites in 02.71 trekking with 07.47 see also Cornwall Camelid Association "Local Flavours" range (Countrywide) 10.26 log piles, as wildlife habitats 10.54, 11.45-6 London city farms 09.09 Wildlife Garden 09.11-12 long-distance riding 09.15-16 Longhorn cattle, promotion DVD 05.66 lupin 09.40 Lyke Wakes 04.08-9
M machinery choosing the right 08.39 investing in 08.35-7 see also individual types Mackness, Tracy (pig breeder) 02.79-80 maggot prevention, sheep 08.57 mallow, edible 07.69 mange mites 02.71 mares, feeding 06.83 marketing locally 03.12-13 see also National Market Traders' Federation markets, crofters explore new 03.13-14 Martinmas 11.07 May Day 04.09, 05.11 maze gill fungus 11.33 meadowsweet 07.53-5 Melton Mowbray native breeds show 12.09 Merrydale hybrids 11.83-5 mice see rodents Michaelmas 09.05 Midsummer Eve 06.20 midwinter solstice 12.08 Miniature Southdown Sheep 10.21 Modranect (mothers' night) 12.08 mortgage discounts, green homes 12.23 mothers' night (Modranect) 12.08 mules 11.59 mulled wine, beekeepers' 12.33 multi-fuel burners 10.22-3 Muntjac deer 01.49 Muscovian goose 07.88-9 mustard 09.40
N Nakielny, Helen (smallholder) 01.82-3 nasturtiums 07.69 National Fallen Stock Scheme (NFSS) 09.13 National Honey Show 09.27, 10.13-14 National Market Traders' Federation 03.17 native breeds, Melton Mowbray show 12.09 Natural and Organic Show (Olympia) 08.11 natural resources, two year audit 10.57 nesting boxes for declining species 02.9 making 10.54 nettles 07.53 New Forest stallion scheme 02.21 Night of the Mothers 12.08 no-till ridging 02.65 no-till strip-cropping 02.65 NRv2 water protection system 12.14
O Oak Apple Day 05.11 Oakland, Anna (smallholder) 08.14-17 off-road driving 12.49, 12.53 oil, peak production 07.15 Olympia 01.7 Orange-tip butterfly 05.33 orchards, planning 12.39-41 Order of the Garter 01.70-1 organic farm diary 11.39 organic kitchen garden see kitchen garden Organic Trust 10.33 outdoor clothing, for smallholders 01.12-15 Outer Hebrides, moving to (personal story) 06.24, 07.35 ovine digital dermatitis, contagious 11.41-2 oyster season, first day of 08.05
P Par-cel 09.37 parasites natural control 04.96 in poultry 11.86-7 parasitoids 06.69 parsley butter 09.37 growing 09.37 pesto 09.37 parsnips, cultivation 06.63 Partridge Wyandottes 07.75-7 pea seeds, protecting mice 03.47 Peacock butterfly 05.33 peat, managing 01.58-9 pest control green manures 09.39-40 in the kitchen garden 05.39-41 petrol engines, maintenance 01.53 phacelia 09.40 pheasants 04.19-21 pig breeders, Tracy Mackness 02.79-80 pig breeding, Tatton Park farrowing 02.36-7 stock management 01.66-8 piglets 05.82 pigs feeding 11.61 free range 12.59-61 keeping cool in summer 08.45 land management 03.71 terminology 04.79-81 see also farrowing pinks, edible 07.69 planning 08.23 plants beneficial for insects 06.69-71 identification 05.31 ploughing matches 04.57 Plumpton College 01.8, 09.34 plums, Yellow Pershore Egg 10.25-6 Plymouth Rock poultry 01.95-7 pneumonia, in calves 09.57 poinsettias keeping after Christmas 01.84 legend behind 01.84 Pollock, Annie (donkey breeder) 02.31-3 polytunnels, planning issues 04.13-14 ponds digging 10.54 as wildlife habitats 10.47 Poolman, Victoria (smallholder) 07.37-9 pork chops, barbecue sauce 07.27 post office closures, Scotland 06.21-3 pot marigolds 07.67 potatoes guide to growing 05.51-3 making choices 05.49-50 potatos, late blight 12.44-7 poultry breeds Ancona 11.73-5 Andalusian 12.73-5 Appenzeller 12.75-7 Araucana 02.97 egg-laying 10.75-7 Frizzle 08.79-80 Langshan 03.104 Plymouth Rock 01.95-7 Seramas 09.73-5 Sussex 06.95, 06.97-8 Wyandottes 07.73-7 depluming mites 06.95 effects of weather on 01.91-3 incubation see incubation internal parasites 11.86-7 looking after properly 10.34-5 Merrydale hybrids 11.83-5 offsetting the price of grain 06.87-9 opportunities for smallholders 05.86 place in festive season 01.90 protecting against predators 07.81-3 questions and answers 05.103 red mite prevention 09.81 shows 05.101-3 spring-time management 02.98-9 starting with healthy chicks 04.109-11 stress relieving products 12.85-7 transporting 04.107-9 see also chicken(s); ducks; geese; hens; turkeys Poultry Club of Great Britain 08.31 poultry guard 08.80 produce, making a profit 08.35 property valuing 09.50-1 see also rural buildings property market, South West 09.21 pruning 05.43-5 Psoroptes 02.71 puffball (common) 11.31-3
Q quails, keeping 10.81-3 Queen Elizabeth's Day 11.07 Quiche Lorraine 12.13
R rabbits, healthy diet 04.27-8 ragwort, tackling 03.29 RAO, in horses 08.46-8 rapeseed methyl ester 09.45 rare breeds battle to save Doonies Farm 08.70 getting started in 08.50-1 low cost production 08.35 Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) 12.09 Festival of Native and Traditional Breeds 07.7 Wilshire support group festival 08.10 rats see rodent control ravens 03.55-7 Real Food Festival 08.11-13 Red Clover 09.40 red diesel, using on the road 06.49-51 red mite prevention 09.81 redcurrants, pruning 01.84 registration, smallholdings 01.45-7 rhubarb, growing from seed 03.47 riding, long-distance 09.15-16 road network, history of 10.61-3 rocket fuel, booklet on 10.33 rodent control 01.17-18, 10.45, 11.50-1, 12.22 with feral cats 06.35-7 without poison 01.21 rodenticides 11.51, 12.22 rodents damage due to 01.18 lifecycle 01.17 Rogation Sunday 04.9 Rood (Holy Cross) Day 09.05 rooks 03.57 rosehips, harvesting 07.56 rosemary 12.43 roses, edible 07.67 roundworm, in poultry 11.86 rove beetles Rural Academy courses 09.33 rural buildings, replacing unsuitable 08.21 Rural Health Week 10.11 Rural Land Register 01.45 Rushbearing ceremonies 07.30 rye, Hungarian grazing 09.40
S Saddlechariot 11.43 sage 12.43-4 St Barnabas's Day 06.20 St Bartholomew's Day 08.05 St Brigid, Feast of 02.11 St Christopher 07.30 St Clement's Day 11.07 St Clement's Punch 01.70 St David, Feast of 03.11 St Dunstan's Day 05.11 St Edmund, Feast of 11.07 St George's Day 04.9 St James the Greater 07.30 St John's Night 06.20 St Jude 10.09 St Luke 10.09 St Mark's Eve 04.8-9 St Oswald, Feast of 02.11 St Pancras Day 05.11 St Patrick's Day 03.11 St Peter's Eve 06.20 St Simon 10.09 St Swithin's Day 07.30 St Thomas's Day 12.08 St Valentine's Day 2.11 salami, production courses, Plumpton 01.8 Samhain 10.09 Sams, Craig (smallholder) 03.18-21 Sarcoptes 02.71 Sargeant, Sanna 11.22-3 scald 11.41 Schekter, Jody (smallholder) 02.14-17 scones 05.77 Scotland carcass disposal 09.13 crofting see crofters; crofting growing grapes in 04.37 post office closures 06.21-3 spread of Blue Tongue 06.21 see also Outer Hebrides Scottish Beekeepers' Association 09.25-7 scour, in calves 09.57 seed catalogues new vegetable varieties 02.46-7 reviews of latest 02.49-52, 03.43-7, 04.39-43 seedlings, protecting 03.47 seeds, saving 10.39-40 Serama poultry 09.73-5 Shades of Nature yarn box 12.11 sheep books about 11.29 breeds Easy Care 08.57 Miniature Southdown 10.21 economical feeds 11.63-5 fun and profit from orphans 02.82-3 getting reading for breeding 09.61-3 halter-training 05.73-4 keeping disease-free 08.55-7 lameness in 11.41-2 maggot prevention 08.57 news 11.65 recording concessions on movement 10.37 shows staging sheep classes 05.74 starting with a small scale enterprise 10.50-2 tagging see Electronic Identification see also lambing; lambs; wool sheep industry, as vulnerable target 05.74 Sheep Manager 11.65 shelly hoof 11.42 Shire Horse Society show 03.7 Shrove Tuesday 02.11 Shucksmith report 11.21 silage 05.57 Single Payment Scheme 05.50, 10.47, 11.53-4 siskin 02.26-7 Skegness 08.88-9 slugs, dealing with 10.45 Smallholder and Garden Festival (RWAS) 03.9, 07.17-19, 08.10 Smallholder Pentathlon Competition 05.17 smallholders Alan Beazley 07.33-5 Anna Oakland 08.14-17 Barbara Cooper 08.51 competition for inventions 05.12-13 Craig Sams 03.18-21 education see educational courses Elinor Golf 03.22 environmentally-conscious 04.52 gift ideas for 12.35 Helen Nakielny 01.82-3 Jody Schekter 02.14-17 outdoor clothing 01.12-15 Shell and Phil Drayton 10.27-9, 12.55-7 Victoria Poolman 07.37-9 what makes real 12.07 Will Sutherland 01.77-9 smallholding(s) books and DVDs 03.22-5 buying 08.18-20 continuing advice for owners 02.58-9 eco-friendly 11.08-9 educational courses 03.39-41 equipment, Lamma show 01.55-7 Ffarm Fach 03.30-1 from a canal boat 07.37-9 improving habitats in unused corners 02.39-41 making a profit 08.35-7 preparing to buy or sell 11.53-7 registration 01.45-7 renting 02.12-13 selling (personal experience) 12.25-7 what to do after finding 01.43-4 see also property soil, green manures 09.39-40 Soil Association 10.33 solstice midwinter 12.08 Summer 06.20 Soutar, E. 06.24, 07.35 Southdown sheep 10.21 spiders 47 spinning with different yarns and fibres 07.49 see also fleece spinning wheels, choosing 01.72 Spring (Vernal) Equinox 03.11 squash flowers 07.69 stallions, New Forest scheme 02.21 starlings, decline in 01.25 stinkhorn (common) 11.33 stoats 07.83 storytelling 02.10-11 strawberries dealing with runners 01.84 getting the best from 07.69-70 strawberry jam 07.63 Summer solstice 06.20 Sussex poultry 06.95, 06.97-8 Sutherland, Will (smallholder) 01.77-9 Swarming and Swarm Control (book review) 12.33 Sweet Itch 08.46
T tagging see Electronic Identification tail docking, FAWC report 10.52 tapeworm, in poultry 11.86 tares 09.40 Tatton Park pig breeding farrowing 02.36-7 stock management 01.66-8 Terwins, Seeds, change of address 02.41 Tetbury Wool Sack race 05.11 thistle 07.53 thyme 12.44 tillage 02.61-5 Titus Salt, Sir 08.53 Toad in the hole 12.13 toe abscess 11.42 toe granuloma 11.42 tomatoes, beefsteak 01.39-40 Tozer, Arthur 08.67 Tozers 08.67-8 traceability 11.67 tractors Ferrari Vega 10.49 paintings 11.49 two-wheeled 03.65 Trail Partners 09.16 trailers DVD about 08.37 tips for maintaining 7.41-3 transesterification 09.45 Transition Towns 07.15 transport see animal transport Tree Dressing Days 12.08 trefoil 09.40 turkey poults, difference between male and female 08.72 turkeys breeding assistance with 02.101 for small flock owners 03.105 egg incubation 05.95 KellyBronze Farmers scheme 05.97 not just for Christmas 01.99 preparing for the table 12.89 protecting from fireworks 11.81 rearing for Christmas 09.85 the natural way 06.100 successful selling 10.78
U urban allotments see allotments
V varroa mites, reducing numbers 06.59-60 vegetable garden see kitchen garden vegetables growing in containers 07.57 healthy eating and cookery shows boost sales 03.49 new varieties 02.46-7 preserving 07.59-61 Tozer plant breeder and seed merchant 08.67-8 see also individual vegetables Ventonwyn Farm 07.79 Verm-X 11.87 Vicon Varispreader, choosing and using 05.61-3
W Wall, Matthew 10.09 water contamination, reducing 12.14 waterglass, where to find 08.83 Wayland (blacksmith) 11.14-16 weasels 07.83 weatherlore February 02.11 March 03.11 April 04.09 May 05.11 June 06.20 July 07.30 September 09.05 October 10.09 November 11.07 December 12.08 weed prevention 09.39 West Country Game Fair 03.9 wet feather, treatment for 03.99, 10.85 White Chinese goose 09.87 White Wyandottes 07.75 Whole Foods Market, Kensington 04.61 Widecombe Fair 09.05 wild animals, revised legislation 01.23 wild garlic 07.55 wild swan goose 07.89 wildfowl shows 11.89 wildlife habitat conservation 10.47-9 resolutions for a future full of 01.50-1 strategies to help 10.54-7 tips on improving habitats 02.39-41 see also Farming Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Wildlife Garden 09.11-12 wine, beekeepers' mulled 12.33 Winterfylith 10.09 Women's Land Army 03.10-11 Wonder of Wool Competition 04.7 wood, fuel types, storage and efficiency 11.25-7 wood anemone 05.31 wood burners 10.22-3 wood sorrel 05.31 wool competition, Wales 04.7 natural dyes 03.73-4 see also fleece Wool Marketing Board 12.11 depot changes and closures 05.74 Worcestershire cider cake 10.26 working horses, care of 08.49 A World Without Bees 07.23 worms, parasitic 11.86-7 Wyandottes 07.73-7
Y yarn knitting a tension square 10.67 Shades of Nature yarn box 12.11 Yellow Pershore Egg plums 10.25-6 Young Fanciers Pigeon Club of Great Britain 08.29 Young Farmers 08.29 Young Farmers Stockman of the Year Competition 08.29-31 Young Horticulturalist of the Year Competition 01.10
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