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 […]
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.Learn the basics of raising free range "meat" chickens for home […]
Father and son Robin and Jamie Hodgkinson will explain the benefits of allowing responsible metal detecting on your land finding lost car keys, tools and metal parts, lost to historical artefacts etc. For instance, one farmer uses their services to clear his land of debris left after boot fairs and the like.Robin and Jamie work […]
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" […]
For our Small, Small Farmers, rearing quail are really super easy, and make a great pet to start out with - and best of all, they give you delicious, and nutritious eggs to eat too! Come and meet Debbie who leads our Small, Small Farmers, and who will lead the children as they meet with […]