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The Latest Issue of Home Farmer...
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So what's Inside the October Home Farmer?
Well, quite simply the broadest range of subjects to be found in any 100 page magazine. From making seed bombs, growing medlars and quinces, and seasonal foraging for mushrooms and a raspberry that looks like it drank some of Dr Jekyll's formula, to normal raspberries and currants in a feature on soft fruit, and apples in a feature about... well, apples, of course!. We also have 3 of the best squash recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the River Cottage team and 17 pages of quick and easy crafty gift ideas - all nestled comfortably in between our usual features on growing, cooking, livestock and special projects.
We also have some great competitions - you could win a polytunnel or a VegTrug, and there are free fruit bushes for every reader - a redcurrant and a blackcurrant bush together worth £15.90. But that's not all... the October issue comes with a new lick of paint as we have carried out a design update to freshen up the pages of your magazine. But don't worry, the content remains as varied as ever as we endeavour to bring you as wide a range of home farmer-ish topics as we can find out there. For a sneak preview of the October issue, check out the link below to the contents pages.
IF YOU CAN'T CLICK ON THE LINKS, GO TO THE TOP OF THIS LETTER AND CLICK TO VIEW THE WEB VERSION.
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Mulberries - by Elizabeth McCorquodale...
Elizabeth McCorquodale worked incredibly hard as usual to produce an article about Medlars, Quinces and Mulberries, but due to the crafts section in the October issue, there really wasn't enough space to do the article full justice and use all her photographs, so we have published the section on mulberries online. It contains a wonderful story too about an abortive attempt by King James I and his gardener, William Stallenge, to topple the French silk industry with a UK enterprise based on the mulberry tree.
To read Elizabeth McCorquodale's article about mulberries click here.
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Apple Trees... a few Tricks of the Trade...
In the October issue of Home Farmer we feature both soft fruits and apples, the latter in articles by John Harrison and Dave Hamilton. John mentions a particular supplier of trees in Wales, Ian Sturrock, who specialises in traditional hardy varieties such as the Bardsey apple pictured, which are suited to the colder, wetter climates of Wales and more northern regions of the UK. Many are similar to but more appropriate than many more familiar varities if you live more than half an hour's drive north of Watford. He also specialises in pear, plum and damson varieties too, all organic and developed at his nursery in Wales. Ian has some very useful videos of grafting and other procedures on his website which owners (or prospective owners) of apple and other fruit trees will certainly find useful. The videos deal with various aspects of getting the most from them and include subjects such as pruning, caning newly grafted trees and fancy training.
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Knit these Egg Hats for Charity...
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We've come up with this quick-knit pattern to raise money for Lucky Hens Rescue. So if you feel like wielding a pair of knitting needles and have some spare oddments of wool around, please feel free to knit up these fun 'egg hats' and send a few up to Lucky Hens Rescue to help with their fund-raising activities. Feel free to share on Facebook and retweet this. Click here for the pattern.
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Your Chance to Win...
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Enter now by email and your details will go in the pot to win a set of preserving labels from AA Labels. Simply go to www.aalabels.comto answer the question: Which types of adhesive labels do AA Labels offer? To enter, email your answer, along with your name and address, to ruth@homefarmer.co.uk Mark all emails 'AA Label Comp./newsletter.' All entries should be received by us no later than the 2nd September.
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And a further Chance to Win...
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In this month's issue we've teamed up with Ferryman Polytunnelswho have kindly given us an 8 x 10' polytunnel for one lucky reader.
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