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
Chicks at 4 weeks
Nearly 4 weeks old, they now spend all day outdoors, and will be out day and night in a couple of weeks.
From the Diary
Flowers / Calves / Lambs
Monday 14 June, 2021Monday 7th June Another glorious day. Had a cheeky wee…
Sunshine / Cows / Broken PTO
Monday 7 June, 2021Monday 31st May First job this morning was to dose the…
Gardens / Shearing / Blood tests
Monday 31 May, 2021Monday 24th May We had more rain overnight and the day…
From the forums
Today I have been mainly,
Posted in Coffee Lounge 14 Jun 2021 at 23:35pm
This was horrid
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I know it's been done before but...
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2 free steers and alpaca and a boar
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Fair Rent for Sheep Grazing
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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…
