The Accidental Smallholder Forum - Index

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Tell the other forum members a little bit about yourself.

Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board.

Moderator: Dan

Use this board to announce and discuss any events related to smallholding, food, the environment, etc.

Use this forum to offer stuff for sale, post wanted notices, setup swaps or give stuff away. Please read the sticky post before using this forum.

Everything to do with keeping poultry of all kinds.

All about keeping pigs: breeds, feeding, ailments, breeding etc.

For discussion of our wooly friends.

We've had Shetland cattle here at TAS since 2010 and we love them. This board is for anyone interested in keeping cattle, Shetlands or otherwise, for milk or beef.

For all of our goatkeepers, aspiring goatkeepers and goat lovers.

Moderator: ballingall

For apiary and all bee-related subjects

All about breeding and keeping alpacas, llamas, vicunas, camels, dromedaries and any other camelids

For the discussion of all other livestock.

All about growing veg.

Moderator: escapedtothecountry

Those plants that smell great, taste great, have medicinal properties, and sometimes all three.

Moderator: escapedtothecountry

Soft, pome, stone, tree, bush - if it's fruit, discuss it here.

Moderator: escapedtothecountry

Got a plant growing and don't know what it is? Someone here probably does, so post a photograph and we'll all do our best to help.

Moderator: escapedtothecountry

It's not all work work work. This board is for the discussion of the gentle art of gardening.

Moderator: escapedtothecountry

For the discussion of crofting and issues that face crofters.

Moderator: Hamish Crofter

All about managing your pasture, woodland, wildlife margins and other areas to best effect.

Moderator: spandit

For the discussion of the maintenance, building, renovation and improvement of houses, outbuildings, steadings, barns and other buildings, and planning issues related to smallholding.

We're thinking things like grazing management, fencing, hedgerows, soil management, composting and so on.

Need to know how to use something, or what's the best tool for the job? This is the place to ask.

Methods for dealing with both plant and animal pests and diseases. Success stories and questions welcome. Any advice given on this board is not intended as veterinary advice - if you are unsure about any animal's health you should consult a veterinary professional.

We all want to promote wildlife and biodiversity on our holdings, use this board to discuss and ask questions about how that's best done.

For discussion of renewable energy sources, heating, power generation and all that entails.

Matters relating to all things equine (it's the horse forum)

For talking about domestic and working dogs

Moderator: Alistair

For our feline friends and those who love them

Moderator: Alistair

For all your recipe requests and ideas.

Moderator: TAS Bot

Don't know what to do with that pig you've got back from the abattoir, or the hundred weight of plums you've just cropped? This is the place for you.

The production of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, including wine, beer, (legal) spirits, soft drinks or anything else that can be imbibed.

Anything to do with crafts, noble or otherwise.