What's in the issue

Spring starts here! Win a Stihl GTA 30 Garden Pruner and read our review. Get subsidised hedgerow trees, making life easier on your smallholding, practical knowhow from a smallholder who is living the dream, get busy with bees.  Go to a show – diary dates from April to August. Live in Lincolnshire, how to tell if your pony is fat, from shepherdess to foster carer, Vet advice on keeping your hens healthy, why your broody hen is moody, the miracle of how an egg is formed, how to avoid chicken keeping  mistakes plus four pages of q and as and free classified for sellers.