Husband and wife team Simon and Jules Moore, at Mumbleys Farmhouse, near Thornbury, offer: Bees for Beginners, Starting with Hens and Ducks, Sheep For Beginners and Smallholder Taster Days.

Courses include a hands-on session with the animals and a home-cooked lunch.

The thriving smallholding of four small paddocks a wildflower meadow, a productive vegetable patch and a terraced garden. Simon and Jules keep chickens, ducks, bees, sheep and pigs.

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