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Setting up a smallholding

smallholding guide

Smallholding can mean anything from having some raised beds and keeping a few hens to going the whole hog and taking on livestock, planting crops and even brewing beer. Our guide will tell you what you need to know when you're starting out - or just thinking about it

Fancy trying out smallholding?

Here's the perfect place to start more

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Get started in smallholding

Seven steps to getting it right more

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Buy a smallholding at auction

Points to check before the hammer falls more

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Keep things simple

Shortcuts to a successful smallholding more

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Starting to keep livestock

How to manage a menagerie more

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Best breeds

The best cows, sheep, ducks, goats and pigs for particular purposes more

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Keep hens in your garden

Backyard poultry and eggs on your doorstep more

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Hot chicks

A dozen of the best poultry pin-ups more

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Keeping geese

Looking after your flock more

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Beekeeping for beginners

Our guide to getting a buzz from your hive more

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What's the weather doing?

Learn to predict the weather using clues from the natural world more

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Store your produce

Keep your harvest safe with our storage tips more

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Buy a piece of woodland

Why not buy your own piece of beautiful woodland more

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Learn a useful skill

Go on a traditional rural crafts course - see our directory more

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Be more self-sufficient

Advice on how to live the good life on a small scale more

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Great gardening advice

Get expert advice on growing your own and other gardening ideas, including this month's jobs in the garden more

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