Smallholding Articles

A slice of life from smallholdings around the country.

Keeping Cows
Keeping cows or calves on your smallholding for milk and meat.

Growing Vegetables
Planning your vegetable growing.

Extreme Organic
Extreme organic farming, combines astrology and philosophy.

Keeping Chickens
From smallholders to city dwellers, people are bringing a slice of the county life to their homes, with chickens.

Guide: Soil Types
If the soil type on your smallholding is not suitable for the task then it's going to cost a lot to put right or worse still, be of no value to you at all.

Be Self Sufficient
Be it for financial reasons, health concerns or the environment, self sufficient living is something that a growing number of people aspire to.

The Good Life
Mention the idea of growing your vegetables or keeping animals on your land and many people will think of The Good Life.

Why Grow Vegetables
Gowing vegetables can be hard work, but why go to the effort of preparing the soil, sowing seeds, caring for the plants and harvesting them?

DEFRA reports on land values
Figures released by DEFRA (Department for food and rural affairs) confirm that there has been a marked downturn in the number of agricultural land sales.

Art gets chop in favour of pigs
A former personnel director at the Arts Council of Britain has written a book about pigs after a TV programme inspired her to keep them.

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