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
Gwenna relaxing
Our Cardigan Welsh Corgi puppy Gwenna, over-tired and resisting sleeping.
From the Diary
Birthdays / Champagne / Newburgh
Monday 30 June, 2025Monday 23rd June Dogs got me up at 5.30am. Overcast and…
Highland Show / Solstice / Beret
Monday 23 June, 2025Monday 16th June Mild, overcast, light breeze. Big week…
Pullets / Strimming / Kitten gym
Monday 16 June, 2025Week ending 15th June Very short diary entry this week,…
From the forums
Hatching goose eggs
Posted in Poultry & Waterfowl 1 Jul 2025 at 15:43pm
New on TAS
Posted in Announcements 30 Jun 2025 at 08:52am
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…
