Home Farmer Magazine Sep 2015 Vorige editie

The September issue of Home Farmer is the perfect cocktail of growing your own veg, keeping smaller livestock, delicious recipes and DIY projects. This month’s magazine hits the ground running with seasonal growing tips from allotment guru John Harrison, followed by a guide to speedy and nutritious compost in just three weeks, tips on irrigating your under cover crops, a piece on growing citrus trees in pots and some essential advice on growing and storing potatoes and other September veg. In addition, our in-house forager is on the trail of delicious autumn mushrooms, our bee expert provides another fascinating insight into the lives of these remarkable creatures, and our recipes section features dishes from Somerset, healthy traybakes made using natural sweeteners, and a guide to making the most of your leftovers by using a traditional stockpot. For the crafters and DIY-ers among you we have the ideal autumn knit – a hot water bottle cover – together with features on getting free or low-cost firewood and an article on making a cheese press for under a tenner – an essential for next month’s feature on producing your own hard cheeses. If you want to make the ‘Good Life’ even better then there really is only one choice – Home Farmer!