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
Cute young chicks
Hatched just yesterday, only a day old, exploring their little world.
From the Diary
Gwenna / Sunflowers / Dahlias
Monday 15 August, 2022Monday 8th August I love dahlias. These are from Sarah…
Gwenna / Health tests / Bannockyarn
Monday 8 August, 2022Monday 1st August Lammas Dan collected Gwenna this…
Gwenna / Potatoes / Poppy
Monday 1 August, 2022Monday 25th July Nicely wet today. I had to take…
From the forums
Prevention of fly strike after shearing
Posted in Sheep Today at 23:33pm
Can you use horse wormer for sheep?
Posted in Sheep Today at 20:02pm
Drinkers for larger flocks
Posted in Poultry & Waterfowl Today at 19:47pm
Electric fencing for sheep
Posted in Sheep Today at 12:33pm
I know it's been done before but...
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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…
