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. 2020 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
First Ryeland Lamb
Our small Ryeland flock produced its first lamb today - a wee boy by Jinx. We missed the event itself by a few minutes - this…
From the Diary
Onions / Omelette / Boots
Monday 3 August, 2020Monday 27th July Pretty heavy rain pretty much all day so…
Ragwort / Dahlias / Pears
Monday 27 July, 2020Monday 20th July Strange day, weather-wise – sunny…
Picnics / Birthdays / Diesel
Monday 20 July, 2020Monday 13th July Showery today. Dan did his comfrey…
From the forums
Realising a dream
Posted in Introduce yourself Today at 06:41am
Why does my sheep not like my wife?
Posted in Sheep Today at 03:23am
Unusual insect identification
Posted in Wildlife 3 Aug 2020 at 23:53pm
Vaccinations from scratch, advice please
Posted in Sheep 3 Aug 2020 at 21:12pm
Shetland Cattle On-line Show
Posted in Coffee Lounge 3 Aug 2020 at 20:33pm
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…
