What's in the issue

Bumper Spring issue plus an eighty page event guide from April to July. The guide is packed full of ideas for countryside days out including country shows and vintage exhibitions. Your passport to a fun filled spring and summer. Inside the magazine the focus on shows takes you through preparing animals for a show, taking part and what to expect plus a look at the Smallholding Weekend at the Royal Welsh Showground in May. Looking at laying hens and ducks, nutrition and natural methods to increase the number of eggs are covered. The broody hen - how to care for her. Planting for bees and for the kitchen. We identify a new campaign to make vet training more accessible. FAQs on going organic and electric fencing plus free classifieds and our buying guide for British pigs.