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Community => Events => Topic started by: Rosemary on October 01, 2023, 01:19:54 pm

Title: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: Rosemary on October 01, 2023, 01:19:54 pm
https://festival.scot/programme/
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: doganjo on October 02, 2023, 09:04:56 pm
Only 12 sleeps till the Scottish Smallholders festival  :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited:

Garden Craft and Food classes only £1 per entry https://festival.scot/product/gcf-competition-entry/
Saturday 14th October 2023

Prize money, rosettes, and prize cards

Jams and Jellies classes
A1 A jar of raspberry jam
A2 A jar of strawberry jam
A3 A jar of fruit or herb jelly (named)
A4 A jar of marmalade (named)
A5 A jar of tomato or vegetable-based chutney (named)
A6 Homemade lemonade

Baking classes
B1 Three cheese scones
B2 Three pieces of Millionaires’ Shortbread
B3 Three oat-based cookies
B4 Three iced fairy cakes, in paper cases
B5 A round wholemeal loaf
B6 A focaccia

Honey classes
C1 Two 454g standard squat jars of clear honey
C2 Two pieces of cut comb, 190g - 230g, flower or heather
honey
C3 Two matching beeswax candles, to be made by moulding.
One to be lit by Judge

Eggs classes
D1 Waterfowl, one colour, three eggs
D2 Large fowl, one colour, three eggs
D3 Bantams, one colour, three eggs
D4 Large fowl, three distinct coloured eggs
D5 Waterfowl, content, single egg
D6 Large fowl, content, single egg

Making classes
E1 Hand spun sheep’s wool yarn, 50g, around DK weight
E2 Three crocheted Granny squares; each 15cm x 15cm
E3 Three needle-felted Christmas tree decorations
E4 A hand-knitted beanie hat, at least two colours, no pom-pom
E5 A spurtle (named wood)
E6 A miniature garden in a box, maximum 30cm x30cm

Juniors classes
F1 A miniature garden in a box, maximum 30cm x30cm
F2 A model of an animal (named) based on pompoms
F3 Three hand-knitted squares, each 15cm x 15cm
F4 A painting of a pet animal, maximum size 30cm by 30cm
F5 Three Hallowe’en cupcakes, judged for decoration
F6 A photograph of a wild bird or birds; maximum size 15cm by
12cm

Crooks and Sticks classes
G1 Plain horn – crook or walking stick
G2 Fancy horn – crook or walking stick
G3 Plain wood - crook or walking stick
G4 Fancy wood – crook or walking stick
G5 Thumbstick - horn or wood
G6 Leg cleek - horn or wood
G7 Novice - wood or horn, plain or fancy
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: doganjo on October 10, 2023, 10:47:28 am
All competitions now closed - looks like a fantastic entry!

Lots of trade stands and animals on display - Police horses, Alpacas, Pigs, Sheep, Goats, Cattle - many of them rare Breeds

Tickets on sale online - https://festival.scot/product/festival-ticket-2023/

Pre booked are Adults £10, under 14s free if with adult, betweeners £5

On the day are £15 so book now!

An all round inexpensive day out with loads to see and hear about - ALL INDOORS!
Title: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - Results
Post by: doganjo on November 28, 2023, 04:18:39 pm
Now on the  Festival website - results for Goats, Sheep, and Pigs. 

Hoping someone can add photos [member=13]Rosemary[/member] [member=1]Dan[/member]


https://festival.scot/goat-results-2023/

https://festival.scot/sheep-results-2023/

https://festival.scot/pig-show-results/
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: Fleecewife on November 29, 2023, 04:23:53 pm



I would love to see a photo of Rhanna Russell's Castlemilk Moorit which won our Wester Gladstone Best Horns Trophy  :trophy:  please, if anyone has one.
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: doganjo on November 30, 2023, 07:06:52 pm
We have about 60 photos from the Photographer - [member=1]Dan[/member] has them but I don't know where they are going to be posted
They are just numbered, not named so although I have them too I don't know which is which

They're too big for me to attach
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: Fleecewife on December 01, 2023, 04:43:21 pm
OK thanks, no rush, I'll just wait until Dan's sorted them out and posted them.
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: doganjo on December 02, 2023, 11:31:30 am
Juliet, most likely place is the festival website - www.festival.scot
Title: Re: Scottish Smallholder Festival 2023 - What's on
Post by: Fleecewife on December 02, 2023, 01:19:25 pm
No piccies yet, early days.