Home Farmer - 04.2017

Home Farmer magazine is the UKs magazine for Home Growers. It offers the widest choice of subjects written by key experts in their chosen fields. Edited and published by practicing garden farmers it is a polished and well designed magazine. The often specially commissioned contents are written with passion and integrity whilst retaining the intimate ‘over the garden fence’ feel which doesn’t preach - in fact we often take the mickey and dare to be different giving us a readership that is both loyal and passionate and a magazine that is lively, human and much loved.

*... THE EDITOR’S BIT Paul ponders… * NEWS Four pages of Home Farmer related news. * EXTRA-RAISED BEDS Mark Abbott-Compton exploits some extra height. * DIY GARDEN PROJECTS Shawna Coronado creates sustainable landscape ‘hacks’. * ALLOTMENT MAKEOVERS John Harrison breathes new life into traditional allotments. * DIY TEALIGHT HOLDERS Steven Wooster and Susan Berry light up the garden. * KNOW YOUR OWLS Five different owls from the popular Know your… series. * COMPOST RECIPES Elizabeth McCorquodale creates sustainable composts that you can cook up for your plot. * BUGLIFE’S B-LINES Paul Hetherington explains Buglife’s B-Lines project to aid pollinators. * THE COMMON FROG Elizabeth McCorquodale checks out a prince among frogs. * A SMALLHOLDER’S DIARY Dot Tyne’s diary includes coppicing, scanning ewes, and moles. * WELCOMING ROSIE An extract and recipes from Kathy Wilkinson’s cottage garden blog. * HOW TO BE A SMALLHOLDER Debbie Kingsley deals with the subject of VAT and the smallholder. * SOAY SHEEP Heidi M. Sands checks out cute but hardy Soay sheep. * SEASONAL POULTRY Paul Melnyczuk looks at the Prevention Zone affecting poultry. * BEE-KEEPING Claire Waring considers the first colony inspection of the year ...*