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Mollichaff Original is great for strong bones and healthy growth in horses. Photo credit: BiancaGrueneberg/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Trees help to provide essential shade in summer and valuable shelter from the wind, plus they slow water and reduce storm water run-off (photo: Kim Stoddart)

Seed saving can help to create plants that are perfectly adapted to the growing conditions where you live (photo: Kim Stoddart)

Charles planting out winter salads and herbs in September (photo: Charles Dowding)

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

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Mollichaff Original is great for strong bones and healthy growth in horses. Photo credit: BiancaGrueneberg/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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Win five bags of Mollichaff Original

22 minutes ago

Mollichaff Original is great for strong bones and healthy growth in horses. Photo credit: BiancaGrueneberg/Getty Images/iStockphoto

We're offering 10 readers (and their lucky horses) the chance to win five bags of Mollichaff Original - all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is answer the below question correctly...

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