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
Seeds / Sheep / A hole
Sunday 20 April, 2025Monday 14th April Fatality in the cheeps this morning.…
Blackthorn / Pears / Moss
Monday 14 April, 2025Monday 7th April Frosty start this morning, but the sun…
Pavilion / Pears / Leeks
Monday 7 April, 2025Monday 31st March Glorious day – proper spring.…
From the forums
Swallows'25
Posted in Wildlife 23 Apr 2025 at 16:21pm
Duck Wax
Posted in Poultry & Waterfowl 22 Apr 2025 at 12:53pm
Mast year for Birch?
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New on TAS
Posted in Announcements 20 Apr 2025 at 19:28pm
Elderly ewe
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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…
