Origin of Content: Smallholding Courses
tHIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN FOR THE MONTHLY PUBLICATION ‘HOME FARMER MAGAZINE’ BY EDITOR PAUL MELNYCZUK AND IN CONTAINS SOME WONDERFUL COLOUR IMAGES – A MAG, SIMILAR TO THIS SITE, DESIGNED FOR SMALLHOLDERS. SPOON WHITTLING DAY COURSES David Alty and Dan Watson of Woodlands.co.uk have both been working wood for many years, and here they offer [...]
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Written by: Greystoke Cycle Cafe
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The lambing season will soon be upon us. If you’re interested in keeping sheep or are an existing sheep keeper and want to know everything there is to know about lambing, pop over to Smallholding Courses and get yourself booked onto a lambing course. Lambing courses are extremely popular and with places limited you’ll need [...]
Origin of Content: Smallholding Courses
Monkton Wyld Court is an organic smallholding and educational charity on the site of a Victorian rectory in South West Dorset. An intentional community made up of anywhere from ten to twenty residents and volunteers, we grow veg in our walled kitchen garden for ourselves and our residential course guests. Our milk and cheese come [...]
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Written by: Monkton Wyld Court
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Origin of Content: Smallholding Courses
Next time you are out about in the countryside, spare a little time and cast your eye over the local fencing. How often do you see hedge holes being plugged by bits of corrugated tin? Or simply the fact that a whole section of fence has simply fallen down? Does anyone seem particularly worried about [...]
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Written by: Whittaker Equestrian and Countryside Consultancy
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Sue Lang from The Beesness is an experienced beekeeper who also makes preserves and teaches a wide variety of beekeeping and cookery courses. She started beekeeping in 2006 with her husband, but as they were thrown in the deep end from the very start, they both gained a huge amount of experience very quickly. Sue [...]
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Written by: thebeesness
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Saving Rare Breeds has been established to help preserve our farming heritage, native breeds, wildlife and provide a sanctuary for neglected or abandoned farm animals. At Saving Rare Breeds we farm using traditional methods, organically and in harmony with our surroundings and the environment. We are currently undertaking the process of full organic conversion. Whilst working to [...]
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Written by: hesberthall
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Henry Whittaker who holds a Degree in Law and a MSc in Environmental Management and Conservation started his own consultancy and training business, Whittaker Equestrian and Countryside Consultancy (WECC) in 2008. Previous to this he had worked for The British Horse Society managing their Rights of Way department, has assisted the Swedish Government with their [...]
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Written by: Whittaker Equestrian and Countryside Consultancy
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About Broccoli Broccoli has been eaten as a vegetable and respected for it’s health values for at least 2000 years. Broccoli evolved from the wild cabbage in Europe and is well liked by Italians. It was the Italian immigrants who introduced Broccoli to the USA and it started becoming widely known there as a vegetable [...]
I recently had the pleasure of crossing paths with talented watercolour artist, Jackie Hadwin who lives in Torver, Coniston, Cumbria. I fell in love with Jackie’s work instantly. Jackie takes her inspiration from the breath-taking scenery and animals nearby to where she lives and the results are simply captivating. Jackie holds regular Hens & Cockerels Watercolour Workshops at the [...]
Award-winning grow-your-own spectacular The Edible Garden Show makes a sensational return to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on March 16-18 after its phenomenally successful debut in spring 2011. Scheduled for the beginning of the growing season, the inaugural show proved such a hit with gardeners and grow-your-own enthusiasts across the UK, that more than 15,800 members of [...]