What's in the issue

Preserving your produce; bottling tomatoes and making chutney; sloe gin; tree and hedge planting; top tips on storing garden crops. Save money, get an allotment, Honey show preview.  Beginning spinning and other questions;  machinery matters plus Focus on Scotland, crofting and the Scottish Smallholder Festival

Vet advice on goat health, Visiting Vet advice on keeping herd safe;  vet care for in-lamb ewes

Plus Practical Poultry section – Understanding the pecking order, what it is and why it is there; Guide to buying chickens; a new role for hens says BHWT; explaining colours of pure breed poultry; advice from the poultry vet

We answer your smallholding and poultry questions and free classified adverts for all readers