Ideas
Definitely beginning with sheep (and other animals/fowl too)
Talks on more unusual species we may not have or necessarily want but would be interested to hear about - exotics, camelids, the buffalo guy for instance? or someone like Fletchers deer farm..
Incubation, chicken sexing and rearing maybe too?
Fencing I could host but not do myself
Pruning fruit trees (another one I volunteer to host but know nothing about
)
Cuttings and other forms of plant propagation
Polytunnel selection and setup
Subsidies, grants and other financial things - I just appealed a tax credit application and have to sort out ILA who want an accountant's stamp before they'll consider what I told them I didn't earn
Book keeping and Tax returns (Annie?)
Websites I can do based on free templates but it could help some folk
Marketing produce - design, markets, legislation, hygiene certificates, selling at the gate, farmers markets..
Agricultural animal health - vets, nutritionists..
Building a coop from scratch/modification of other structures (here please!)
Chainsawing
Welding (tho I just realised I've taken a booking to work 21 Jan
)
Preserving fruit and veg
A meat equivalent, curing etc for the carnivores (I won't be around that day!)
Butter making
Cheese making
Basketry
Spinning
Dyeing with natural materials
Herbs and spices - growing, preserving, using in food/medicinally
Weaving
Crochet
Knitting
Felting (I would still come tho I've done a few courses already)
Fleece to fibre wool processing
Brick/blockwork basics for animal shelters/barns/outbuildings/storage repairs
Tractor driving (Always wanted to but will never afford a tractor and just want a shot!)
How to prepare and show livestock (various species)
How to prepare and show produce
Trailer towing/manoeuvring
That's just off the top of my head as the list of what I don't know is endless and tho I have some ideas on some of the above I'd usually try and come to broaden my skills and enjoy the social aspect - but it does need to be daylight for me
Oh and another idea is whether we could create a cooperative or skills/labour/equipment exchange to pool both manpower and skills particularly for the likes of the middle aged single crock who can't pay workmen but might muck in with other things in good company.. A kind of moneyless banking system of hours or just a monthly day somewhere with the host providing a task, the materials, the catering and a wee show and tell around their holding..
Sorry I have lots of ideas and relatively little experience of any relevance and, given the night time meetings I can't volunteer to join the committee before anyone thinks of saying to go on and get the above organised
