courses
Smallholding Courses
We run various courses throughout the year at TAS HQ in the east of Scotland, including poultry keeping, sheep keeping, and an introduction to smallholding. 2022 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.
Moving pictures
Felix, Circus Cat
Felix has a bad habit of jumping onto your shoulders from the kitchen table, usually when you're cooking something hot and…
From the Diary
Beetroot / Caterpillars / Tap
Monday 13 September, 2021Monday 6th September We had a visit from Landscape…
Bulls / Greengages / Lynbreck Croft
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Pigs / Pots / Steers
Monday 30 August, 2021Monday 23rd August Sunrise was 5.55am today; by Thursday…
From the forums
What is the best tractor for a smallholding?
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Price of eggs
Posted in Poultry & Waterfowl 17 Sep 2021 at 18:24pm
Random Deaths :(
Posted in Poultry & Waterfowl 17 Sep 2021 at 18:20pm
Hedges
Posted in Land Management 17 Sep 2021 at 17:43pm
Would soay x texel ewes make good replacements
Posted in Primitive Sheep 17 Sep 2021 at 15:50pm
Latest recipes
Coconut Cookies
Delicious coconutty cookies, can be slightly undercooked to be chewy or over to be crunchy.
Oat and mincemeat cookies
We always make mincemeat before Christmas, when we're making puddings and cakes, and usually enough…
Tomato Soup
This soup is quick and easy to make and rich and tasty, despite using tinned tomatoes. You'll never…
