Welcome to the second issue of Country Times, a supplement dedicated to your rural news and views, that will be appearing in the Wiltshire Times every two months.
This edition we are celebrating local artisans such as milliner Wendy Sellers creating bespoke handmade hats and entrepreneurs like the local farmers who are diversifying their businesses to survive. We’re also asking you to be creative and send in your best photographs of Wiltshire, the reader who sends in our favourite will see their image as next issue’s cover.
The Hamiltons have settled into their £1.2m Hullavington manor house in the heart of rural north Wiltshire since moving in 2004, but a quieter life is not following suit.
As the traditional agricultural industry continues to decline, farmers are coming up with inventive new ways to use their land. We speak to two farmers who have tried everything from TV shows to airstrips.
Now the dark days of winter are over, we’re all craving light. Copying the bright, airy rooms that are a trademark of Scandinavian style could be the answer. Find out how to go Scandi for spring savvy rooms. By Gabrielle Fagan.
IF you're looking for up-to-the-minute information about where to buy farm produce, five new websites from the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association (FARMA) have the answer.
As winter gives way to spring, we join first-time gardener Charley Morgan as she plants her seedlings and waits for her allotment to bear fruit, and of course, vegetables.
