Smallholding Courses August 2010

Smallholding Courses that are Running throughout August 2010

• A smallholding course – the perfect Christmas gift

  Christmas is the time when folk take stock and decide whether this new year will see them putting those dreams into practice; and one of the most popular dreams for people living in hectic times is a life of self sufficiency and smallholding. With t...

• Bill at Moons Green

  We are an unlikely trio at Moons Green – a Kentisk stockman, a New Zealand foodie and a Moonraker art director…and of course the irrepressible Crumble. Together we hold well structured training courses, specialising in keeping Outdoor Pigs, Free-ra...

• Build Your Own Beehiive for Natural Bee Keeping

  Extra Date - SUNDAY 18th September This is a day workshop where you will under supervision, make your own Warré style beehive. Using a Warre hive is less invasive, uses less time and equipment and less cost than conventional beekeeping - it is b...

• Bursaries for smallholders in the South West

  Here at South Yeo Farm West we are delighted to say that smallholders with a CPH holding number who are based in the South West region are eligible for a 50% bursary for any of our smallholding courses up to July 2011. This includes our Introduction t...

• Cathy Cassie – Hazelwood Livestock

  Cathy is a full-time shepherdess, working alongside husband Darren and his father Brian on their part-time farm in Leicestershire, and also managing the conservation-grazing flocks on the nature reserves for the Wildlife trust in Northamptonshire.

• Cattle for beginners – Devon

  Are you thinking about taking on your first house cow or small herd of cattle? Do you want to spend a day with cattle and a farmer who will share a deep understanding of her herd to give you a real feel for what it would be like to have cattle of yo...

• Chicken House Automatic Door Openers

  Latest listings of poultry housing automatic door openers //

• Christmas gift ideas ... but of course!

  Booking someone onto a training course, or giving them a gift voucher for a course is certainly a great Christmas gift idea. There are lots of different courses and workshops available at Smallholding Courses so you're bound to find one to suit that sp...

• EasTec

  Chainsaws, ATV, Poultry, Pigs, Pesticides and Pest Control Courses. EasTec is a Lantra registered training provider that offers both practical and legislative training at competitive prices.

• Gardenfarming

  Formerly an agricultural college tutor and on farm assessor with one of the country's top land based colleges, a full scale mixed farmer, on farm advisor and self sufficiency lifestyle follower of almost 25 years I

• Green Scythe Fair Sunday 13 June 2010 Somerset Levels

  Scything Debate and Saving the planet on the Somerset Levels The Green Scythe Fair – 12/13th June 2010 Listen, can you hear the swish, the sound of steel upon swathe; reapers rhythmically moving through the landscape in the shimmering summer heat...

• Happy New Year!

  It's here! 2011 has arrived! A warm, Happy New Year to you! Smallholding Courses reflects on 2010 Smallholding Courses has grown considerably in the last 12 months, and we hope to grow considerably more in the next 12 months too! The site has und...

• Hendra Farm

  If you are looking for a taste of the 'good life' in the beautiful Cornish countryside then Hendra Farm is the place for you... We operate a traditional smallholding set deep in the South East Cornwall countryside which is home to our magnificen...

• Hens For Homes

  At hens for homes we specialize in teaching beginners and organizations how to choose and care for chickens. We welcome and encourage the whole family to come along to choose their hens. We hold beginners sessions twice a month, these sessions a...

• Introduction to Smallholding weekends in Devon 2011

  Are you thinking about taking on some livestock for the first time? Have you got an extra large garden or a bit of acreage that needs using? Do you want to know more about smallholding before taking the plunge? Have you taken the smallholding plunge...

• Keeping Chickens / Keeping Poultry

  We have many smallholding course providers here at Smallholding Courses who provide hands-on chicken keeping and poultry keeping courses. A course in practical chicken / poultry keeping gives you the opportunity to learn from experienced chicken ke...

• Keeping chickens in the garden

  [caption id="attachment_3440" align="alignnone" width="269" caption="Photography by Bill Mason, Moons Green"][/caption] Keeping chickens in the garden is now a very popular hobby and comes with many benefits, not least yummy eggs! But where do yo...

• Keeping Pigs

  We have many smallholding course providers here at Smallholding Courses who provide hands-on pig keeping courses. A course in practical pig keeping gives you the opportunity to learn from experienced pig keepers / breeders who are happy to share ...

• Latest Hen House and Chicken Coop Sales

  Latest listings of hen houses and chicken coops for sale There are various outlets where you can purchase hen houses and chicken coops - including online! //

• Latest News from Mumbleys Farmhouse

  The Arrival of Jack & Ace We have decided to keep our own Shetland Bull as they are difficult to find, particularly if you want a red and white one, which is very rare and can be a bit inbred.  We have bought a calf born this year, who will...

• Latest News from Smallholding Courses June 2010

  Hello friends, Here's the latest news from SmallholdingCourses.co.uk: Smallholding Courses June 2010 Take a look at all the smallholders courses that are running this month! Spread the Word about Smallholding Courses...

• Leonard Cottage Rural Training Centre

  Leonard Cottage Rural Training Centre is based in Boston, Lincolnshire.  The facility has been created to provide a wide range of practical courses and training days for those who want to learn about traditional crafts, animal husbandry, rural sk...

• Lifetime Membership at Smallholding Courses

  Lifetime Membership at Smallholding Courses entitles you to upload an unlimited number of appropriate ads to the Smallholding Courses website any time throughout your lifetime membership – year after year. Promote your smallholding-related course...

• LILI

  LILI is a non-profit organisation promoting practical ways you can reduce your impact on the environment, learn new skills, save money and have fun. Contact us to find out more about our residential weekend courses, manuals and books, factsheets, and o...

• Livanti Alpacas

  Liz, a farmers daughter, began breeding alpacas in 1999. What started out as a possible retirement income and hobby soon became her full time occupation! Liz runs Livanti Alpacas in rural Buckinghamshire, where she breeds high quality pedigree a...

• Monkton Wyld Court

  Monkton Wyld Court is an intentional community run centre for sustainable living in beautiful southwest Dorset. We run a variety of residential and day courses throughout the year, many of which promote smallholding skills.

• Mumbleys Farmhouse

  Perhaps you have always dreamed of escaping the rat race and running your own smallholding or maybe you would just like a few colourful chickens laying fresh brown eggs in a pretty little hen house at the end of the garden.  Maybe you have always want...

• Mumbleys Farmhouse Latest News

  Welcome to the first edition of my new newsletter. This is in response to all the people who have been on our courses who want to keep in touch and all the people who have been unable to get places, but who want to be kept up to date with availabil...

• New course dates from Empire Farm

  Sally Morgan of Empire Farm has published the latest dates for courses at the farm school. The ever-popular Curing and Smoking Day has two new dates, as has the Hands-on Butchery Day. Coming up in March are the back-to-back Poultry and Pig Courses, ide...

• Oaklands Pigs

  50 adults, 12 breeds, 3 litters a month. For a truly comprehensive pig course visit Oaklands Pigs. There's loads to see. Oaklands Pigs have been running courses now, for 4 years with 100's of satisfied customers from both the UK and as far a field as J...

• Pig & Smallholder Courses in the South

  Tedfold Cottage Farm We are Neil, Michaela and Oliver Giles, a small family run smallholding on the Sussex / Surrey border and near a direct train service from London Victoria. We specialise in and exhibit British Saddleback pigs with an emphasis on t...

• Pig Keeping Courses For All

  "Our aim is to give people the confidence in handling pigs and to educate them in successful ways of keeping pigs." Where are we?We are based in Lowick in the beautiful Lake District at the Southern end of Coniston Water. What do we do? We offer pi...

• Preparation for Lambing, weds 17th January 2012

  Shepherdess Cathy Cassie hosts a brand new course for 2012, focussing on preparation for lambing, covering feeding the in-lamb ewe, preparing your lambing areas, what to expect, what to avoid, and how to deal with the unexpected! There will be a small ...

• Smallholder course providers offering smallholding experience holidays!

  SmallholdingCourses.co.uk is now promoting Smallholding Experience Holidays! It's a very new feature to the site but we expect it to grow, in a self-sufficiently manner, of course! :-D If you're thinking about plunging into the world of running ...

• Smallholder Courses September 2011

  Here are the latest smallholder courses being held in September 2011 by smallholder training course providers listed on the SmallholdingCourses.co.uk website: Smallholder Courses September 2011    

• Smallholder Training / Smallholding Training

  Smallholder Training / Smallholding Training - managing your own smallholding At Smallholding Courses you'll find a variety of courses dedicated to smallholding training / smallholder training on offer throughout the UK. There are obviously lots of ...

• Smallholder Training Courses

  Smallholder training courses - find a smallholder training course at SmallholdingCourses.co.uk SmallholdingCourses.co.uk is the UK's leading directory of smallholding courses, craft and heritage courses, and other smallholding-related courses. S...

• Smallholder Workshops

  A variety of smallholder workshops and smallholder training courses are to be found at SmallholdingCourses.co.uk. Whatever elements you want to pursue on your own smallholding, then you'll find a smallholder course that covers it, here at Smallhold...

• Smallholdertraining.co.uk – courses for 2011 in Devon

  What a year it's been at South Yeo Farm West - we've met so many budding smallholders and made heaps of new friends, many of whom keep in regular contact and send us photos of their new ventures -  new smallholdings, new livestock, new dreams. We've s...

• Smallholding Courses - December 2010

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• Smallholding Courses June 2010

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• Smallholding Management Course

  Smallholding Management Diploma - Course Description The course will provide students with a sound understanding of all aspects involved with managing your own small hold, ranging from designing the build right through to marketing your servic...

• Smallholding skills

  There are various elements to running a smallholding - and those elements are decided by you, depending on what you want to do with your smallholding. Arming yourself with smallholding skills will help you run your smallholding more smoothly, effici...

• SOUTH YEO FARM EAST – Rare and Traditional Breeds – located in beautiful mid Devon

  'South Yeo Farm East' is a small farm in the heart of Devon's Tarka country. We, Ian and Gillian Dixon, live and work on the farm along with our ever growing menagerie... The farm has been in the family for 3 generations and our home, a traditional D...

• SOUTH YEO FARM WEST (Devon)

  South Yeo Farm West is in Devon on the Dartmoor fringe, six miles from Okehampton. It's a beautiful farm in the Culm Measures, with abundant wildlife, supported through a ten year agreement with DEFRA under the Higher Level Stewardship scheme to ensur...

• Sustainable building and technology courses now available

  Smallholding Courses are pleased to announce that Sustainable Building and Technology Courses are available via the SmallholdingCourses.co.uk website. To view all courses currently listed in the Sustainable Building and Technology Courses catego...

• Take the first step towards owning alpacas

  Take the first step towards owning alpacas You’ve probably been looking at alpacas in the field down the road or at the local agricultural show and thinking how good it would be to have some; but where to start? You’ve so many questions! A great ...

• The Empire Farm School

  The Empire Farm School was established in 2006 by Sally and Adrian Morgan. Sally and Adrian have been smallholders for more than 15 years. They moved from their 3 acre smallholding in Hampshire to  Somerset in 2004. The farm is now fullY organic and ...

• This Little Piggy!

  This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed at home. This little piggy, however, enjoys living with a Lincolnshire family who has recently discovered how easy it is to add livestock to their smallholding. This month we investigate the pr...

• Villageways

  First, who the hen-pecked are we???? :-D We're Mark and Anita and our passion is smallholdings and a self-sufficient lifestyle. We're not rigid in our thoughts. We're real in what we know we can achieve and how to achieve it, and we're happy with that....