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Sue ADAMS
Jul 2005: Heading for the continent - buying a smallholding in France
Oct 2005: Taking possession - finalising the deal
Martin AINSCOUGH
Aug 2005: Time for a revival? - rural studies in schools
Alan BEAT
January 2010: Lessons from 2009
Dec 2009: Learning from mistakes
Oct 2009: A Shetland smallholding
Alan & Rosie BEAT
Nov 2009: looking back at the magazine archive
April 2009: School for smallholders part 2
March 2009: Back to basics - School for smallholders part 1
Oct 2008: Time management
July 2008: Summer smallholding tasks
May 2008: Work on the wild side Alan Beat on how to manage land to benefit wildlife
January 2008: Jobs galore - winter tasks
November 2007: A trade in disease - wider implications of avian flu
May 2007: Planning and building a wildlife pond
April 2007: Season of Renewal
March 2007: Making a dream come true - Alan Beat has advice for smallholders starting out.
June 2006: Self-build with style - Alan Beat uses wattle and daub on smallholding buildings
July 2006: Very handy tools - some tools of the smallholding trade
Jan 2005: A better class of hedge
Feb 2005: February filldyke - flooding
Mar 2005: Feeding the flock- lambs, early veg, coppicing
Apr 2005: Spring is in the air - spring on smallholding
May 2005: Hoe, hoe - latest from his smallholding
Jun 2005: Loving the land - Countryside Stewardship
Jul 2005: Hands on learning - Rosie on Countryside Stewardship and Educational Access
Aug 2005: Starting with livestock - virtues of crossbreeds
Sep 2005: Sign of the times - changes in country living
Oct 2005: Never too old - traditional tools, Morris tools
Nov 2005: Best foot forward - how to build a footbridge
Dec 2005: Christmas smallholder style - DIY meal
Jan 2004: Smallholding diary, looking at Jan last year
Jan 2004: Nobody talks about it - visit to California for film and exhibition re Foot and Mouth crisis
Feb 2004: Smallholding diary
Mar 2004: Smallholding diary - first hints of spring
Apr 2004: Smallholding diary
May 2004: Smallholding diary
June 2004: Smallholding diary
June 2004: The last straw - design for waste-free hay rack
July 2004: Smallholding diary
Aug 2004: Smallholding diary - harvest time
Sep 2004: Smallholding diary - visit to US last year
Oct 2004: Smallholding diary
Nov 2004: Smallholding diary - first frost, autumn tasks
Dec 2004: Fishing for profit - potential for fish farming on the smallholding
Tony BEVINGTON
January 2008: Smallholding on the edge - Tony Bevington has strong connections with Papua New Guinea
John BEZZANT
May 2007: No fear of trailers - getting the hang of reversing!
Nov 2006: Pest control in sight - John Bezzant believes using air rifles can be very effective
Sharon BLACKIE
July 2006: The changing face of crofting - the reality of crofting
Joanne BRANNON
Nov 2009: Urban smallholding - microholdings in towns and cities
Oct 2009: Preparing for "the good life"
May 2007: Building and using a clay oven
Phillip BROOMHEAD
Aug 2005: Seal of approval - Farm Assurance Schemes
John BUTTERWORTH
April 2008: John installs a septic tank and looks at composting toilets
Steve CHILCOTT
Feb 2005: Head 'em up, move 'em out - managing assorted livestock
Mar 2005: Full house - tourist accommodation on s'holding
Mar 2004: From strength to strength - visiting the CAT
May 2004: Pointing the way - John Seymour interview, part 1
June 2004: A way of life - John Seymour part 2
June 2004: While the sun shines - hay making
July 2004: Tools of the trade - prized items of kit
Aug 2004: Safe as houses - search for the ultimate chicken house
Aug 2004: Solid as rock - lime on the smallholding
Sep 2004: The making of a silk purse? - Jimmy Doherty
Oct 2004: Multi-tasking grass - miscanthus, part 1
Nov 2004: Multi-tasking grass, part 2
Dec 2004: From GM crops to Essex pigs - readers' feedback to topics covered in the past year
Jean DAVIS
March 2008: The peasants' revolt
Maynard DAVIES
May 2004: Home curing - traditional bacon/ ham, part 1
July 2004: Save your bacon - curing, part 2
Sep 2004: In the bag - dry curing, part 3
Dec 2004: The real thing - making sausages
Michelle DUNN
March 2007: On the right track - Michelle and her dog are making good progress.
Feb 2007: Basic training - seeking professional help for a sheep dog
Jan 2007: The making of a sheep dog
Tanya EMBLETON
Oct 2004: Life on the wet side - moving to a smallholding in Ireland
Simon FAIRLIE
May 2005: One man went to mow - scything
Heidi FULLER- LOVE
Jan 2008: Almonds Ole - Heidi meets an English couple who have found the good life in Spain.
John GRAHAM
January 2008: John Graham looks back on his farming background
Dave HAMILTON
Jan 2010: Urban Self-sufficiency
Cammy & Warren HARLEY
Jan 2005: The reluctant smallholder
May 2005: Hay-ho, a scything we will go
Peter HARVESTER
May 2004: Not so humble - the value of earthworms
Lynne JACKSON
Jan 2005: No business like - preparation for shows
Joe JACOBS
Feb 2006: Rising from the ashes - knocking a smallholding into shape
Mar 2005: Against all odds - buying a smallholding
Sebastian JAY
June 2008: Managing credit cards
May 2008: Saving cash with biofuels
April 2008: Eating well for less
Jan 2008: Paying for bricks and mortar - mortgages
Nov 2007: Freeze it! How freezers can act as money savers
Rebecca JOHNSRebecca JOHNS
April 2010: The Good Life - Down to Business
Mar 2009: Tackling the red tape - smallholding paperwork
Mar 2007: Doing it by the book - Rebecca asks how up to date we are with recent legislation.
Feb 2007: Going, going, gone - bargain hunting at the collective auction
Peter KING
Nov 2005: A livestock choice - choosing livestock
Rebecca LAUGHTON
Oct 2008: Avoiding burnout - make a secure start in smallholding
Lisa LILLEY
Sep 2005: Safety on a tight budget - economy poultry fencing
Mary Marshall
April 2008: Issues behind the biosecurity controversy
Paul McAVOY
March 2006: A portfolio career - managing a smallholding part-time
Rosita MILLS
Sep 2005: A northern summer - Norwegian smallholding
Rosita & Nigel MILLS
May 2004: Spring on Norwegian smallholding
Dr Darren MOORCROFT
March 2009: Natural rodent control - encouraging natural preadators
Karen NETHERCOTT
Feb 2004: A wealth of knowledge - how some Norfolk smallholders set up their own training group
Anna NICHOLS
Dec 2004: Life in the community - Federation of City Farms, community farming and gardening
Carole O'CONNOR
Sep 2005: To the countryside and back - how smallholding did not work out
Andy RADFORD
Jan 2005: Rural affairs - Biomass, potato ring rot, Fallen Stock Scheme, sheep dipping
Apr 2005: Disposing of livestock - Fallen Stock Scheme
Nov 2005: Fallen stock and bird flu
Dec 2005: Wind turbines and the new Countryside Code Education pack
Hannah RIDGWELL
Dec 2009: Why English wine offers opportunities
Myc RIGGULSFORD
May 2007: DASH comes of age
Mar 2005: By the book - rules of starting a smallholding
Jun 2005: Is it worth it - Single Payments
Dec 2005: A heap of regs - compost/manure regulations
Dec 2004: Talking science - science festival news affecting small farmers
Sonja RONNING
Christmas 2009: The good life Down Under
James ROBERTSON
Nov 2006: James Robertson was recently inspected by the Soil Association
Liz SHANKLAND
Christmas 2009: Smallholding sitter
Christmas 2009: Townies come to visit
Cassandra SMITH
July 2004: In search of some roots - how an Irish smallholding dream became a reality
Andrea SPENCER
July 2004: A mixed bunch - poultry smallholding
Richard STORER
Feb 2005: Hold your horses - think before keeping livestock
James STRAWBRIDGE
April 2010: A choice of deterrents
Mar 2010: Set for Spring
January 2010: Jobs for January
Dec 2009: A day in his life
Nov 2009: A tour of the smallholding
March 2009: Look sharp - tools on a smallholding
June 2008: Creating a vineyard
May 2008: Sustainable Living - the Strawbridge Story
Sam SYKES
April 2007: Smallholding - lost without a trace
Katie THEAR
April 2006: Starting small - developing a smallholding
Dec 2004: A tribute to John Seymour
Dot & Tim TYNE
May 2007: Laurels for our Lucy
April 2007: Built to serve - a long shed
Christmas 2007: Christmas - a time to reflect
Dec 2006: Still small, getting better - Dot Tyne gives an update on their smallholding activities.
April 2006: A question of forage - pros and cons of hay and silage
Sep 2005: A way of life - new smallholding series starting with being island shepherds on Bardsey Island
Oct 2005: Pastures new - moving to the mainland
Nov 2005: Gaining ground - a workable system and planning for the future
Dec 2005: Ty'n-y-Mynydd today - although larger still self sufficient smallholders
Tim TYNE
Sept 2009: Training sheepdogs
July 2009: Training sheepdogs - Choosing your puppy
Piers WARREN
May 2004: Making ends meet - making smallholding pay, part 1
June 2004: Smallholding survival tactics - extra income for the smallholding, part 2
July 2004: Use your space - profit from your land, part 3
Jenny WHITE
Feb 2006: Winter checklist