5 ISSUES OF COUNTRY SMALLHOLDING MAGAZINE FOR £5 CLICK HERE

Plea to plant more trees

PUBLISHED: 11:39 19 August 2011 | UPDATED: 08:37 28 March 2014

AUG 19, 2011: The Woodland Trust is calling for landowners of all kinds to plant native trees to increase the number of places wildlife can thrive.

With growing urbanisation, intensification of land use and changes in climate, planting trees is more urgent than ever, it says.
Within just 12 years of planting, woodland will have become home to many species.
MORE:?www.moretreesmoregood.org.uk

Most Read

Killing and butchering sheep

WIN a poultry welfare bundle worth £235!

Vencomatic UK

Your first sheep

Keeping sheep is not as straightforward as some might think

Tips for sexing goslings

White goslings: darker grey fluff (saddleback pattern) in the female

Erecting a new building

Farm buildings

Most Read

Killing and butchering sheep

WIN a poultry welfare bundle worth £235!

Vencomatic UK

Your first sheep

Keeping sheep is not as straightforward as some might think

Tips for sexing goslings

White goslings: darker grey fluff (saddleback pattern) in the female

Erecting a new building

Farm buildings

Latest from the Country Smallholding

Dry, flaky skin in pigs: It could be sarcoptic mange

Sarcoptic mange usually starts behind the ears, but then spreads across the body (photo: Ryhor Bruyeu/Getty Images)

How to limit flies on your cattle

New Forest Eye is a bacterial infection which flies carry between animals

Wonders of the Hebridean breed of sheep

Beyond basic husbandry requirements, Hebrideans are resilient and self-sufficient sheep (photo: Darren Cassie)

County Tractors: How the four equal-sized wheeled-vehicles can sell for a mint

With four equal-sized wheels, in its day nothing could beat a County for sheer pulling power

Best SUV for a smallholding? Tried and tested equipment

Subaru XV 1.6i SE Premium Lineartronic
Drive 24