Home Farmer Magazine May 2016 issue Back Issue

In the May issue of Home Farmer we have a diverse range of growing features, including veg you can grow in just 30‒60 days, planning to beat the hungry gap in 2017, creating and growing in raised beds, clearing and planting in a single action using mulches, and growing in urban areas to provide sustainable veg to the inhabitants of our great cities. For livestock we have pygmy goats, a chook chart as we figure out a top ten of breeds, and a guide to preventing your bees from swarming. Our recipes include terrines, both sweet and savoury blueberry dishes, and a wonderful rhubarb crumble and custard cake recipe, which combines the constituents of a favourite dessert in a single cake! We also update readers on Dave Hamilton’s 1950s house renovations, as the project reaches it close, learn how to use the Inkle loom John Butterworth built in last month’s issue, and adopt the calming technique of whittling to produce the ultimate rustic dibber – just the thing for sitting on a rocking chair and looking out over your plot as the late spring sun goes down behind the horizon.