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. 2017 bookings now being taken.
event
Smallholder Festival
We help to organise Scotland's only event dedicated to smallholders. Come and join us at Lanark for a day of animals, learning, sharing and networking.
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
Hubbard chicks getting their greens
We've started introducing all of our chicks to green stuff at an early age. If we do this, they maintain an interest in it for…
From the Diary
Lambing / Fencing / Pressed Flowers / Cheddar
Monday 16 April, 2018Monday 9th April Mild and cloudy, after early morning sun…
Lambing / Steamed Pud / Fencing / Pig Prep
Monday 9 April, 2018Monday 2nd April Dry and sunny start, but getting colder…
Lambing starts / Fencing / Dishcloths and cards
Monday 2 April, 2018Monday 26th March Another lovely spring day, but it&rsquo…
From the forums
I know it's been done before but...
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Pig Feeding and Pasture
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What type of milking system?
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Poorly goat
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Simple way to manage grassland for vegetarian household: Machine, sheep, geese?
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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…
