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Vet advice for early summer!  Keep disease away when you bring in new livestock to your smallholding; Blue tongue and helping to prevent TB; Fibre is fun, meet a hand shearer, quality alpaca fleece starts in the field; Yes it’s possible to do less work in your garden for more cropping!;feeding for fit ponies; training tractor drivers, a swarm in May (or at anytime), cooking with wild garlic; plant your own wood; how to take perfect poultry photos; focus on Sultmalers and Marans; spotting a poorly hen; why hens sunbathe Plus your questions answered and FREE classified advertising