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Online Shows

TAS online shows are your opportunity to showcase your livestock and produce, win some prizes and have some fun. Our first Online Goat Show and Online Shed Show are now open for entries!

Online shows

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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.

An introduction to pig keeping

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Snowy Rocky Road

An indulgent sweet treat - perfect for Christmas giving. Made in minutes, it looks pretty and tastes wonderful. But you couldn't eat a lot of it, could you?!

Snowy rocky Road

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Pig Breeds

When you're buying pigs for fattening or breeding, the choice of breed is an important decision. Here we look at the eight British rare breeds of pig and their characteristics.

Pig breeds

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Smallholding Courses

We run various courses throughout the year at TAS headquarters in the east of Scotland, including poultry keeping, working pony, and an introduction to smallholding. 2012 bookings now being taken.

Smallholding Courses

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Pig preparation

Pig preparation

With 3 Tamworth weaners arriving in a few days we've been preparing the ark and their pens.

From the Diary

  • Ewes scanned

    Ewes scanned

    Tuesday 24 January, 2012

    The scanner was here at 6.35am today - she's visiting…

  • Ewes scanned

    Ewes scanned

    Tuesday 24 January, 2012

    The scanner was here at 6.35am today - she's visiting…

  • Another lovely day

    Another lovely day

    Sunday 8 January, 2012

    If it wasnt dark at 4.30pm, you'd have thought it was…

Latest recipes

  • Venison Liver Pâté

    Venison Liver Pâté

    Our good friend Alan stalks deer on a local estate, and one evening last week he turned up on our…

  • Mushroom Soup with Parsley & Garlic

    Mushroom Soup with Parsley & Garlic

    A wonderful mushroom soup, lifted by the classic combination of garlic and parsley. It can be made…

  • Snowy Rocky Road

    Snowy Rocky Road

    An indulgent sweet treat - perfect for Christmas giving. Made in minutes, it looks pretty and…

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