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WIN: a pair of Mul-T-Lock ArmaDLocks worth £400!

An ArmaDLock from Mul-T-Lock

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Julie Harding

Country Smallholding magazine has teamed up with Mul-T-Lock to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of ArmaDLocks worth £400! Free to enter!

Close Up of Black and White Hamburg Chicken, Selective Focus

Keeping

The chicken breed guide: Hamburgh

Andy Cawthray

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu update: UK-wide housing measures introduced

Julie Harding

A rear-view shot of a mother and father sitting on a quad bike with their young daughter, they are a

Farming

Keeping love alive in the countryside - take the survey!

Julie Harding

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu identified in poultry and wild birds in Wrexham County Borough

Emily Damment

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Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird Flu prevention zone declared across Great Britain

Emily Damment

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Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu identified at a wild bird rescue centre in Worcestershire

Julie Harding

A campine chicken

Keeping

The chicken breed guide: Campine

Andy Cawthray

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Farming

David Brown anniversary at Newark Vintage Tractor Show

Emily Damment

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Fresh pine Christmas wreath with red ribbon covered with freshly fallen snow haning on wooden fence

Christmas | Win

The Great Country Smallholding Christmas giveaway!

Julie Harding

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Farming

Campaign returns with a focus on food and farming

Emily Damment

Hay stacks and bales at farm haylof hangar storage

Farming

Stakes are high with underinsured haystacks, warns farming expert

Emily Damment

Autumn harvest of turnip, radish, celery and carrot

Vegetables

Which vegetables to sow and harvest in November

Charles Dowding

Two sheep eating a feed block in a snowy field

Winter

Keeping livestock in winter: housing, shelter and feeding

Tim Tyne

Wasp stings can potentially be fatal, and it is important for farmers to understand the risks associ

Trade body’s wasp warning for farmers

Emily Damment

2021 has caused problems for smallholders with the unseasonably damp weather causing an increase in

How to spot tomato blight and what to do about it

Emily Damment

Charles in September with carrots from the dig bed on left, no dig on right

The benefits of the “no dig” bed system for veg growers

Emily Damment

A hedge and brood-rearing strip at The Allerton Project

Proposed Hedgerow Carbon Code receives £81k funding

Emily Damment

The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF) is hosting their National Countryside Week at ambassador, Adam H

Would you like to have tea with Adam Henson?

Emily Damment

Sheep worrying incidents have increased since the panedemic as greater numbers of walkers take to th

NSA and RSPCA unite to raise public awareness of sheep worrying by dogs

Emily Damment

Brits' obsession with large and extra large eggs is putting hen welfare at risk; food writers have b

Food writers targeted in a bid to alter Brits’ large egg obsession

Emily Damment

Phase Worldwide has launched its Start Strong UK Aid Match Appeal, which is raising money to support

Charity launches appeal to assist female smallholders in Nepal

Emily Damment

All five lambs with student Alisha Utting

One-in-million quintuplet lambs born at Hartpury

Emily Damment

From 20-21 March, the Wellness in Wellies weekend will feature a range of fun and relaxing activitie

Wellness in Wellies weekend to raise money for farming charities

Emily Damment

Blackthorn Prunus spinosa, blossom flowering on tree, RSPB Winterbourne Downs Nature Reserve, Wiltsh

The Spring we all need is almost here!

Emily Damment

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Chicken coops - the dos and don’ts!

Emily Damment

Fresh pine Christmas wreath with red ribbon covered with freshly fallen snow haning on wooden fence

Christmas | Win

The Great Country Smallholding Christmas giveaway!

Julie Harding

Smallholding doesn't have to be a full time job... many people have jobs alongside
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Smallholding for beginners - part 1

Emily Damment

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu update: UK-wide housing measures introduced

Julie Harding

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Close Up of Black and White Hamburg Chicken, Selective Focus

Keeping

The chicken breed guide: Hamburgh

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Emily Damment

Two sheep eating a feed block in a snowy field

Winter

Keeping livestock in winter: housing, shelter and feeding

Tim Tyne

In governmental and farming parlance, identifying your livestock doesn’t mean being able to tell whi

Smallholding for Beginners part 4: identifying (tagging) your sheep and...

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WIN: a pair of Mul-T-Lock ArmaDLocks worth £400!

An ArmaDLock from Mul-T-Lock

Win

Julie Harding

Country Smallholding magazine has teamed up with Mul-T-Lock to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of ArmaDLocks worth £400! Free to enter!

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu update: UK-wide housing measures introduced

Julie Harding

A rear-view shot of a mother and father sitting on a quad bike with their young daughter, they are a

Farming

Keeping love alive in the countryside - take the survey!

Julie Harding

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird Flu prevention zone declared across Great Britain

Emily Damment

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Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu identified in poultry and wild birds in Wrexham County Borough

Emily Damment

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Poultry

WIN: a pair of Mul-T-Lock ArmaDLocks worth £400!

An ArmaDLock from Mul-T-Lock

Win

Julie Harding

Country Smallholding magazine has teamed up with Mul-T-Lock to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of ArmaDLocks worth £400! Free to enter!

Close Up of Black and White Hamburg Chicken, Selective Focus

Keeping

The chicken breed guide: Hamburgh

Andy Cawthray

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird Flu prevention zone declared across Great Britain

Emily Damment

Author Picture Icon

A campine chicken

Keeping

The chicken breed guide: Campine

Andy Cawthray

Blood sample with Bird Flu positive

Bird flu

Bird flu identified at a wild bird rescue centre in Worcestershire

Julie Harding

Animals

WIN: a pair of Mul-T-Lock ArmaDLocks worth £400!

An ArmaDLock from Mul-T-Lock

Win

Julie Harding

Country Smallholding magazine has teamed up with Mul-T-Lock to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of ArmaDLocks worth £400! Free to enter!

Two sheep eating a feed block in a snowy field

Winter

Keeping livestock in winter: housing, shelter and feeding

Tim Tyne

Selecting ewe lambs to keep is one of the most pleasurable tasks a smallholder can undertake (photo:

Sheep husbandry: Get the best from your flock

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Tess with one of the 70 pigs Alderney Free Range Pigs keeps at any one time

How Alderney Free Range Pigs have gone from strength to strength

Joanna Woodnutt

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WIN: a pair of Mul-T-Lock ArmaDLocks worth £400!

An ArmaDLock from Mul-T-Lock

Win

Julie Harding

Country Smallholding magazine has teamed up with Mul-T-Lock to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of ArmaDLocks worth £400! Free to enter!

Autumn harvest of turnip, radish, celery and carrot

Vegetables

Which vegetables to sow and harvest in November

Charles Dowding

Smallholding doesn't have to be a full time job... many people have jobs alongside
Pic credit: Edua

Smallholding for beginners - part 1

Emily Damment

Trees help to provide essential shade in summer and valuable shelter from the wind, plus they slow w

The Climate Change Garden book on the importance of trees

Kim Stoddart

Seed saving can help to create plants that are perfectly adapted to the growing conditions where you

Tips for seed-saving on your smallholding

Kim Stoddart