Country Living UK

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Country Living UK

A note from the editor

March

emporium • Our hand-picked selection of favourite pieces from individual makers, the high street and small businesses

The new GOOD LIFE • There’s never been a better time to go self-sufficient. In our ongoing series, Sally Coulthard shares tried-and-tested tips from her Yorkshire smallholding

3 onion VARIETIES

GET THE KIT

Red onion quiche

7 questions …with a heritage onion expert • Vicki Cooke is a member of the RHS Fruit, Vegetable and Herb Committee and conservation manager for Plant Heritage*

The CRAFTY DRAGON • She was a shy child who shunned the limelight. Now, Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies has a multi-million-pound crafting business and is about to launch a TV show for would-be inventors. Laura Silverman meets an entrepreneur extraordinaire

Making IT BIG

5 TIPS FOR STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS

EASE INTO EASTER • Let joy blossom at the Easter table with relaxed styling that makes for shared moments with friends and family

This month: SULTAN CHICKENS • In our ongoing series, we highlight rare breeds at risk in Britain.

INSIDE THE WILDLIFE HOUSING CRISIS • Modern building projects can displace birds, bees, bats and butterflies. But, as Sally Coulthard has found, there’s lots we can do to welcome wildlife back to our homes

Living with nature • Wildlife can comfortably live alongside us, if we let it. Here’s how you can help

LASTING IMPRESSIONS • When ill health threatened to turn her life upside down, Katy Eccles crafted a new career, creating ravishingly beautiful casts of homegrown plants

SIMPLE, ELEGANT STYLE COUNTRY LIVING BATHROOMS AT HOMEBASE

10 QUESTIONS WITH… JOANNE HARRIS • The novelist on savouring the sights and scents of Yorkshire – and penning the prequel to Chocolat

10 DESIGNS DU JOUR • With the arrival of spring comes the promise of a fresh start. These ten new decorating trends can be easily incorporated into your home for an instant update

FERMENTED PLANT JUICE • Get the lowdown on this hot new trend in horticulture from self-styled rebel gardener Alessandro Vitale

HOW TO MAKE FPJ

The RUFF GUIDE TO… greyhounds • In our ongoing series for dog-lovers, we celebrate another of Britain’s best-loved breeds

FACT FILE

COSY COATS AND JUMPERS

ASK THE DOG EXPERT • Graeme Hall is a trainer, author and presenter of Channel 5’s Dogs Behaving Very Badly

Albert’s other love

DOG DAYS & EVENTS

Splendid SIGHTHOUNDS

THE BEST OF BRITISH DESIGN COUNTRY LIVING AT HOMEBASE

GOING WITH THE GRAIN • Meet the woodworker who talks to his timber so he can celebrate its unique character in every piece of furniture he creates

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE IN TEN OBJECTS • From the maleficent owl to the robo-bee, Sally Coulthard rounds up some of the curios and contraptions that have defined British rural life over the past 900 years

GET THE RUSTIC LUXE LOOK COUNTRY LIVING AT DFS

RECIPES FROM The IRISH BAKERY • Photographer Andrew Montgomery and Leiths-trained cook Cherie Denham continue their series based on their latest book, The Irish Bakery. This month: bread

RUSTIC STYLE FROM THE GROUND UP COUNTRY LIVING AT CARPETRIGHT

In A CLASS OF ITS OWN • A former Victorian school in West Wales has been sensitively renovated to blend natural...