This is a theory workshop with lots of pictures and it is recommended that you watch on a PC monitor rather than a phone screen if you can. The advantage of a Zoom course is that there is no travelling and you can drink as much coffee (or alcohol) as you want while you listen! […]
Learn the basics of making a simple salami and chorizo, from the stuffing, to the fermentation process, the curing, and ultimately turn your excess minced meat into a delicious shelf stable product that doesn't need refrigeration. Part of our food security and food independence series of workshops, this introduction to salami making will enable you […]
Learn the basics of raising free range "meat" chickens for home consumption. This isn't a case of simply eating your spare cockerels, but a workshop dedicated to rearing the types of birds that are specifically selectively bred for meat consumption. You can then produce your own free range chickens that you know have been truly […]
On our fun morning of pig keeping, you will learn about: The legislation that governs both the keeping and movement of pigs – and what this means for the pig keeper Selecting the right area within the smallholding to keep your pigs Options for pig housing, and for bedding Different types of fencing for keeping […]
Do you ever feel that your garden needs a bit of help? Jenny Cloke is a keen amateur gardener but with never enough time to keep on top of things and she is not very good at long-term planning. Ron Welsh is a SFTG member who trained at Kew Gardens, lectured in horticulture for 25 […]
Learn the basics of making a simple salami and chorizo, from the stuffing, to the fermentation process, the curing, and ultimately turn your excess minced meat into a delicious shelf stable product that doesn't need refrigeration. Part of our food security and food independence series of workshops, this introduction to salami making will enable you […]
Vet Tina Morris explains how to help animals when things start to go wrong - and how to keep them alive until the vet arrives! For those with sheep Tina will also give some guidance on twin lamb disease and how to avoid it. For those with goats she will talk about what to do […]
NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP WAS POSTPONED FROM 19 FEBFollowing our over-subscribed hedge laying day in November we are now repeating it for those who didn't get a place first time around. The workshop will again be led by Bob Peate, who lays all the hedges at Wadhurst Park (and elsewhere). You will learn how to tackle […]
In this workshop you will learn basic willow weaving skills. You will cut your own willow stems and make a willow peony frame and a platter or other smaller object. New member, Richard Vidal, is going to be our tutor. He has recently retired from the civil service to spend more time with his passion […]
Perhaps you're about to take over a smallholding? Or are you relatively new to keeping land and animals? If so, perhaps you feel you'd like to talk the issues through with others in the same boat, and with someone who's been doing it for a while? If that sounds like you, then our "Introduction to smallholding" […]
If you haven't lambed before consider also taking the SFTG Free Zoom Theory Course on Getting Ready For Lambing on 21st Feb 2022 at 7 p.m. This workshop is for people who have little experience of lambing and/or people who are thinking of breeding sheep for the 1st time. It will take place in the […]
Worried about the huge increase in rising food costs? Concerned that there may be food supply issues? or maybe you are just thinking that you would like to control what goes into your food? - Then you need to come on one of our workshops. We are running this on 6th April - either come […]