For many people in these changing and uncertain times, the desire to be self-sufficient and run a smallholding has become stronger and stronger in recent years.

Whether you are an established smallholder or just starting to take the first tentative steps toward farming at your home, The Smallholder’s Manual contains a wealth of valuable information on all the key aspects of small-scale agriculture:

• The rural property: buying a small farm, preparing outbuildings and equipping it with machinery and tools
• The land: the kitchen garden, protected cultivation, orchards and pasture
• Livestock: from bees, rabbits and chickens to sheep, goats, cattle and exotic species
• Commercial considerations, regulations and organic farming

The Smallholder’s Manual covers all of these and more.

A practical handbook for the small-scale farmer in the 21st century, The Smallholder’s Manual by Katie Thear is the essential reference for anyone working on a smallholding, whether the intention is just to reduce living costs by producing food at home, or to earn a supplementary income through the sale of produce.

Editor, Third Age.