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
A hen riding a sheep
Juno is a big girl (but then she is carrying twins). There's probably room for at least half a dozen hens on her back, but…
From the Diary
Beltane / Courses / Rats / Cattle
Monday 7 May, 2018Monday 30th April Finally gave in and got the vet out to…
Lambing over / New hens / WC refurb / Harvesting
Monday 30 April, 2018Monday 23rd April Sunny but really windy – out of…
Birthdays / Planting / Clouties / Mucking out
Monday 23 April, 2018Monday 16th April Dan has embarked on a tidying of the…
From the forums
Laminitis in sheep
Posted in Sheep Today at 19:23pm
greenleaf capsules - worth trying?
Posted in Dogs Today at 18:51pm
A Celebration!!
Posted in Coffee Lounge Today at 17:25pm
First homegrown hogget meat-disappointed?
Posted in Sheep Today at 17:14pm
Wanted willow cuttings
Posted in Marketplace Today at 16:48pm
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…
