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Wilderness Foundation win a Living Landscape Award

Wilderness Foundation win a Living Landscape Award We are extremely proud and delighted to have been awarded a Living Landscape Award from the Essex Wildlife Trust which recognizes that our Chatham GreenProject is making a difference for wildlife in Essex.     This new annual award publicly recognises organisations in Essex who are helping to deliver Living Landscapes which is a national initiative, led by The Wildlife Trusts. Living Landscapes  supports large scale conservation of the land with people and communities at the heart. To achieve a Living Landscape the initiative highlights the many elements of society must work together, to value and act for wildlife plants.   Forthcoming Events Ladies Golf Afternoon - Tuesday 9th September 18 holes plus supper at Bunsay Downs Golf Club. Woodham Walter. Essex £35 per person or £140 per team of 4. For further details, please contact us on 0300 123 3073 or info@wildernessfoundation.org.uk     5 day Ecotherapy Journey - Wild Trail Training 22nd —26th September in Wales  The training will be led by Hayley Marshall UKCP Reg Psychotherapist and Rob Collister Mountain Guide.  Cost is £450.  More information is available on our website.  We are expecting spaces to fill quickly, so please do book early if you would like a guaranteed place. A Day of Supervision & Professional Exploration - Saturday 18th October Shining Cliff Woods, Ambergate, Derbyshire This is a unique opportunity to experience how the supervisory process can be enriched through working within a dynamic natural setting. This day will be suitable for practising counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists (working either indoors or outside) Cost £70 Facilitated and held by Hayley Marshall MSc PTSTA a UKCP. (www.hayleymarshallcounselling.co.uk). Enquiries and to book contact hayleymarshall4@hotmail.com or 07540 303536 With best wishes From Jo and the Wilderness Team       Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Quiz Night Friday 24th October Little Baddow Memorial Hall WW1 themed quiz night Join us for a good night out - General quiz with a couple of rounds dedicated to WW1.. Hot supper included... Tickets £12.50 each To book : call 0300 123 3073

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TABLE OF CONTENTS... • The Forthcoming September Home Farmer... • Delicious Summer Fruit Pudding... • Rich and Succulent Carrot Cake... • A Winter Potato Harvest... • Terry Walton's Guide to Protecting your Brassicas... • Beware Ragwort - the 'Yellow Peril'... • Birds Endangered by Neonicotinoids too... • The Landworkers' Alliance... Brand New Issue out now... This month's Home Farmer is packed, pound for pound, with great tips on growing veg, fantastic recipes, livestock features and DIY/special projects, not to mention our 20-page preserving special. And to complement Mike Clark's excellent article on propagating winter veg to fill the hungry gap we have teamed up with D T Brown to offer every reader £13.77 worth of seeds for free (you just pay postage)to provide you with sustenance during the darkest days of next year's hungry gap. To view the contents panel click here. To buy this issue click here. To save 25% off the cover price by subscribing by Direct Debit and get a copy of Paul Hollywood'sBread book worth £20 FREE click here. To subscribe for 12 issues and get a FREE copy of Paul Hollywood'sBread book click here. Paul Hollywood's BREAD... Sign up today and save over *£1.00 on every issue (on direct debit), get Home Farmerdelivered straight to your door every month and get a FREE copy of Paul Hollywood's Bread book worth £20. To read an extract click here. Plus there is always 20% off any books bought from The Home Farmer Store. To subscribe by *Direct Debit and save 25% click here. To subscribe for 12 issues by card click here. The Forthcoming September Home Farmer... We're working hard on the next issue of Home Farmer which will feature a full programme of planning for the winter growing season, an update on Dot Tyne's Smallholder Diary, some wartime gardening and recipe tips and a 'Fixing Stuff' article devoted to plumbing featuring pipe repairs and ball valve repairs, all designed to save you money and increase your independence and empowerment. The above image is from Elizabeth McCorquodale and shows a Lord Woolton pie, probably the most famous of the WW2 Ministry of Food recipes, originally devised by the head chef at the Savoy Hotel and just one of many recipes to look forward to. Delicious Summer Fruit Pudding... For our first recipe we are lucky to have a summer fruit pudding while the summer lasts - and here I am speaking as a Northerner for the very first time. The recipe comes from Mel Sellings aka the Jammy Bodger and is one of the most pleasant ways of appreciating the summer harvest I have ever come across. To see the recipe and enjoy the pudding click here. Rich and Succulent Carrot Cake... Another cake designed to use up the summer harvest is carrot cake - a delicious accompaniment to a cup of tea at any time of year. This recipe comes courtesy of Jennie Rutland who knows a great recipe or two. To see the recipe click here. A Winter Potato Harvest... We have a great gardening tip from contributor Dave Hamilton which should enable you to harvest potatoes well into winter and even on Christmas Day, fresh for your Christmas dinner. To see Dave's gardening tipclick here. Terry Walton's Guide to Protecting your Brassicas... Brassicas seem pretty hardy - tough skinned and with a solid and purposeful taste, for the most part, but they are actually more prone to disease and pests than most veg - namely clubroot and the deceptively pretty cabbage white butterfly which looks to lay its eggs on your precious plants. Experience has taught Terry a few tricks though, and he's ready to share them with newsletter readers. To read Terry's brassica protection tips click here. Beware Ragwort - the 'Yellow Peril'... I was asked about doing an article on ragwort by someone at the Ardingly Smallholder Show, She described it as perhaps the worst pest for horses and ponies, but it also affects most livestock. We did include an article on ragwort by Heidi M. Sands some time ago and it helps with recognition and dealing with the problem. To read Heidi's article on ragwort click here. Birds Endangered by Neonicotinoids too... Recent research by scientists in Holland has revealed that neonicotinoids are not only a danger to pollinators - they are also causing a serious decline in many farmland birds. The peer-approved research looked at other potential problems such as intensive farming techniques, but concluded that it was without doubt neonicotinoids, and in particular imidacloprid, which awas responsible for falling numbers of tree sparrows, swallows and starlings. This was one of the recently banned insecticides which Environment Secretary Owen Paterson tried to return to use, but was overruled by his cabinet colleagues. To read about the recent research and findings click here. The Landworkers' Alliance... Most Home Farmer readers want to enjoy good food produced in a wholesome and healthy way, preferably by traditional farming methods rather than something we would equate more with a factory. One organisation that is trying to get a greater say for small farms within Defra is the Landworkers' Alliance, and next month we shall be featuring their aims and hopes for the sector. I recently received a press release from them about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership proposals which we have also voiced concerns about as they will give too much power to the big corporations. I have put their press release online for anyone else concerned about the matter to add their voice to the campaign. This is something which will affect all of us if it becomes a reality, so anyone who was concerned about the proposed outlawing of heritage seeds should be similarly concerned about this matter too. To view the press release click here.

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	There are over 70 breeds of pig across the world, including 14 British pig breeds - plus many more cross breeds. If you are thinking of starting with pigs, have a look at our list ofPig Breeds to help you decide which breed would be best for you.
	Things to do on your smallholding this month! There are lots of useful seasonal tips on our website. Here are a few: Weaning - lambs should be weaned on to clean pasture as the stress of weaning can make them more susceptible to parasites. If your chickens are pecking their feathers, they may be harbouring some uninvited pests - see our Guide to Ectoparasites of Chickens Pigs are intelligent, playful animals - so provide them with safe toys: balls, skittles, traffic cones and pipes will all provide hours of fun!. There's still time to sow some crops from seeds: lettuce, spring cabbage, spinach, chicory, peas, French beans, carrots and more... Keep up with all your smallholding tasks with our comprehensive guides to sheep, chickens, pigsand the vegetable garden. Just click on an image below.
	Website Highlights Article of the Month Better Ewe Nutrition Part 2 - The Role of Supplementary Feeding Moredun Health Bulletin Human health issues (Zoonotic infections) associated with rearing cattle in the UK Green Farm Diary Filming on location with 'performance recorded' flocks NADIS Health Alert Cattle lungworm, Maedi Visna and webinars on cattle fertility Advice from World Horse Welfare Occupying a Stabled Horse Recipe of the Month Broad Bean & Feta Cheese Toasts
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RARE BREEDS SURVIVAL TRUST  WE NEED YOUR HELP Any donation, no matter how small will help us fund essential conservation work.  Please Help.  DONATE NOW Visit our website Forward to a friend Follow us on Twitter  Like our Facebook Page  June 2014 New Hope for Croxteth Farm            Tamworth Piglets                 Irish Moiled Cow and Calf                        Manx Loaghtan Ewe and Lamb  There is new hope for threatened RBST Approved Conservation Farm Park, Croxteth Home Farm. Since Liverpool City Council announced their plans to close Croxteth Home Farm, RBST CEO Tom Beeston has been in talks with Councillor Peter Mitchell about the range of alternative options available. Very positively, it has been announced that there is the possibility of a new partnership between Alt Valley Community Trust, Myerscough College in Lancashire and nearby Larkins Farm to give it a viable future. RBST CEO Tom Beeston explains his delight at the news. ‘We are very pleased to hear that Croxteth Farm may be safe from closure, it is an untapped educational resource and a very important part of the community. We look forward to working with this new partnership in the future.’   All photos provided by Croxteth Home Farm  Two tickets for the price of one at Royal Three Counties for RBST members!   RBST is sponsoring the final day of this year's Royal Three Counties Show for the fourth year running, with the 2014 National Rare and Minority Breeds Show being held on Sunday June 15.  RBST members can take advantage of an advance booking offer of 2 tickets for the price of one. Call the Box Office on 01684 584924 and quote RBST before Friday 6th June 2014. Please note this offer is not available online. On Sunday 15th June RBST members, on presentation of their membership cards, will have access to Members Facilities.              Shugborough returns as an RBST farm park      After an absence of several years, Shugborough Park Farm has returned to the RBST Approved Conservation Farm Park network. The Park Farm forms part of the Shugborough Historic Estate and is now looking to expand its breeding groups with a commitment to rare breeds. The Farm has Middle White and Berkshire pigs, Soay, Boreray, Southdown and Shropshire sheep, a Shire horse and a herd of Longhorn cattle that are described as 'historically important'. They also have a range of poultry including Light Sussex and Rhode Island Red hens and Aylesbury ducks. Plans for the future include the expansion of the breeding groups of Soays with meat sales through the farm shop, plus the acquisition of Large Black pigs. They are also looking for a new Longhorn bull to help expand genetics within the herd and are interested in hatching rare breed geese later this year. RBST are really pleased that Shugborough is returning as an RBST Approved Conservation Farm Park and look forward to working with them If you are interested in visiting, you can find out more by following this link.     All photos provided by Shugborough Historic Estate Do you have any anecdotes or facts that can help ?                                                                                                                                                  Meet Lottie and her family.  Lottie is a Lincoln Longwool sheep and she is the main character in Janice Nickoll's first children's storybook. As an enthusiastic (though novice) spinner, Janice became interested in the properties of fleece from rare breed sheep and met some of these characters on her first visit to Woolfest, and got hooked! She was fascinated by some of the stories, especially about sheep swimming out to sea to find fresh seaweed to eat.  This conjured up an amusing picture in her mind, and the idea of incorporating facts such as these into stories for children was born.  Children have inquisitive minds, and by incorporating interesting facts into stories might help nurture and develop their interest in sheep, particularly the rare breeds.   To do this though, she needs your help!  Any facts and/or anecdotes you could share would be greatly appreciated. These will help develop her knowledge of the different breeds of sheep, including the characteristics of the breed. Stories involving your sheep that made you smile would be perfect, for example adventures the sheep have been on – either with or without you!  These may provide me with inspiration for future storylines.   If you can help, please e-mail  – janice_nickolls@hotmail.com Young Shepherd Final  Unfortunately Stoneleigh Country and Livestock Show has been forced to cancel their 2014 show, the RBST young Shepherd Final will be held at The Royal County of Berkshire Show on the 21st September 2014.   Featured Breed  Golden Guernsey Goat       The Golden Guernsey goat is listed in Category 5 'Minority', meaning there are between 500 to 1000 registered breeding females in the UK today. To learn more about this breed follow this link.

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