About the magazine

NZ Lifestyle Block magazine features practical information on everything you need to know about running your small farm:
  • learn about self-sufficiency
  • how to manage livestock health
  • heritage cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry
  • all about organic gardening, orchard care and herbs 
  • beating weeds and pest insects
  • get inspiration from other lifestyle block owners
Our monthly columns include:

Your Poultry  - written by chicken expert Sue Clarke, co-author of How to Care for Your Poultry

The Organic Garden - by organics guru & BHU founder
and Soil Association patron Bob Crowder

Bugs and the environment - everything creepy crawly from
Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste

From the farmhouse kitchen - great cheese recipes and more
with expert cheesemaker Jean Mansfield

The Good Life - everything self-sufficient from off-grid,
off-the-wall Murray Grimwood

Down on the farm - lessons and advice from a long-timefarmer, long-time blogger and breeder of purebred Angus cattle, Ruth Renner  

In the Orchard - advice on fruit and woodlot trees from Tree Crops enthusiast Ben Gaia

Bees on the Block - there's nothing Gary Jeffrey doesn't know about bees, beekeeping and honey
 
Plus everything you need to know about trees crops, herbs, productive home gardening, cooking.
  
NZ Lifestyle Block magazine is available from supermarkets, book stores and magazine outlets around New Zealand, or you can subscribe by clicking here.

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