courses
Smallholding Courses
We run various courses throughout the year at TAS headquarters in the east of Scotland, including poultry keeping, sheep keeping, and an introduction to smallholding. 2013 bookings now being taken.
guide
Introduction to Poultry Keeping
We once read somewhere that poultry is usually the first "livestock" enterprise that budding smallholders are likely to undertake. In this guide we'll take you through everything you need to know about keeping hens.
recipe
Mushroom Soup
A wonderful mushroom soup, lifted by the classic combination of garlic and parsley. It can be made with variety of any mushroom, or even a mixture, but is best with a dark-gilled mushroom or chestnut mushrooms.
event
Smallholder Festival
Scotland's biggest smallholder event, The Scottish Smallholder & Grower Festival, returns on 28th September 2013 at Lanark Agricultural Centre.
feature
TAS T-shirts
Our TAS t-shirts feature a unique design reflecting many aspects of smallholding. They are screen-printed onto high quality, heavy-weight cotton t-shirts.
Moving pictures
4 days old and very cheepy
Rosemary teaching a very young chick how to cheep (like they need it).
From the Diary
Protecting apple trees from poultry
Thursday 2 May, 2013In early spring 2012 we planted about 60 apple trees as the…
Helping the grass grow
Wednesday 17 April, 2013I think I have said before that managing grass causes me…
Lambing over for 2013
Monday 15 April, 2013Well, that’s lambing over for another year. We didn&…
From the forums
worming piglets
Posted in Pigs Today at 00:51am
Weeds weeds weeds!
Posted in Land Management Today at 00:41am
We are re-homing our chickens….
Posted in Poultry & Waterfowl Today at 00:37am
Mineral block
Posted in Goats Today at 00:35am
cocker spaniels
Posted in Marketplace 18 Jun 2013 at 23:11pm
Latest recipes
Dan's Oven-baked Omelette
We bought 20 pol hens a couple of weeks ago; they are laying like mad but the eggs are too small to…
Bloody Mary Tomato Relish
A friend of ours buys magazines regularly and drops them in to us when she's finished with them. I…
Mini Cranberry and orange panettone
Delicious and easily made, these mini-panettone are great as a tasty treat with tea and coffee, or…
