The quest for self-sufficiency has never been more popular, with more and more people taking on allotments, or converting their flowerbeds into vegetable plots, home produce is definitely the new black.

To help you on your way to small-holding success, the National Trust, in conjunction with Country Living Magazine have produced four handy guides to inspire and advise you.

• Beekeeping
• Home-Grown Fruit
• Home-Grown Vegetables
• Henkeeping

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Whether it is for honey, gardening benefits or simply for personal interest, beekeeping is a growing trend. Surprisingly, you don't need acres of land to successfully run a hive. This book provides useful hints and tips for would-be beekeepers.

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Fruit that you have grown yourself always tastes best! This book guides you through everything you need to know to produce a bumper crop of delicious fruit.

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Eating your own produce is one of the most satisfying feelings, and this guide to Home-Grown Vegetables will guide you from selection to harvest.

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Knowing where your food has come from is increasingly important in this day and age, and one way many people are taking back control, is by keeping chickens. What can be more natural that keeping your own chickens and collecting their eggs? This book will guide you through everything you need to know about looking after healthy and happy chickens.

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