During the spring and summer months Jersey is transformed by the vibrant colours of its native wildflowers. Among the most spectacular are the Wild Orchids

By David Warr, RURAL magazine’s ‘Last Word’ Columnist WHAT a change has overcome us! The last article I wrote  for RURAL magazine had seen me

The St John Liberation Anniversary Project To mark the 75th anniversary of Liberation, the Parish of St John have created a website and filmed the

Islanders will be able to continue to walk their dogs off the lead and ride horses on the beaches, at any time of the day,

By RURAL’s editor, Alasdair Crosby IN this lock-down period, I have been amusing myself by re-reading the highly entertaining short stories of W Somerset Maugham.

A TASTE OF HONEY… .. and a silver spoon. Bob Tompkins writes on bees and the buzz in Jersey, in RURAL’s Summer issue of 2014

By Don Thompson, president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association JERSEY’S fishing industry, already suffering the effects of prolonged winter gales, along with diminishing stock levels

By the president of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Robert Perchard AGRICULTURE was quite rightly deemed as ‘essential’ in the Government of Jersey’s

THE coronavirus lock-down continues to cut a swathe through Island life by affecting a range of events of all types. The weigh-in for the Jersey

SINCE late 2015 each successive issue of RURAL is available to read in ‘virtual’ form, by clicking on the ‘Past issues’ section of this website. 

Among the latest events in the countryside calendar to be cancelled is the ‘La Ferme Farm Fun Day’, due to be held on Saturday 25

Agricultural workers have been defined as essential employees as they continue to support the industry and local economy through the farming and export of local