Have you ever been to Gun Hill? Do you wonder why it has that name? Friday 21st February 2025, Burwash Common Pavilion Join members, friends and Jeremy Hodgkinson for a talk all about the iron industry in The Weald Having written two books, on the Wealden iron industry and on iron firebacks, Jeremy will […]
Wow your family and friends (and yourself) with delicious home made chorizo! Jenny takes you through the steps of making a chorizo from sourcing meat and flavouring the stuffing, to fermentation and curing. An ideal way to turn your excess minced meat into a delicious shelf stable product that doesn't need refrigeration. And the result […]
The Soil Food Web FRIDAY NIGHT TALK MARCH 21ST @ BURWASH COMMON PAVILION We are all learning that soil health is important but what does that actually mean? Join Julia & Sylvie who are part of Wild About Burwash and are setting up a local food waste composting scheme, to have a deep dive into […]
Wednesday 26th March 2025 7-9pm Burwash Common Pavilion FIRST AID ON YOUR SMALL HOLDING/FARM/GARDEN This course at Burwash Common Pavilion, will be led by St John Ambulance. The course has been tailored specifically for SFTG and will focus on small holding/farming/gardening related injuries as well as resuscitation and emergency first aid. Just £10 […]
Tom, from Nose to Tail butchers will be doing a demonstration of butchery for SFTG HURRY ! TICKETS VERY LIMITED! Venue - Butterbox, Blackbrook Ln, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath RH17 7NW Date - Friday 4th April 2025 Time - From 7pm until approximately 9pm (flexible finish time to allow for attendee questions etc - Tom […]
Come and visit the Lambing shed. Simon & Rachael are Lambing their flock of 30 Ewes during April. Visiting a lambing shed can be a delightful and educational experience! You may have the opportunity to observe the birthing process, see adorable new born lambs, and learn about the care and management of sheep during this […]
****Due to a cancellation, we now have one ticket available for this course - please email chair@sftg.org.uk should you wish to attend **** 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 […]
ANGLO-SAXON FARMING DUNSTAN'S CALENDAR - PAUL LOVATT-SMITH April's Friday night talk will be all about Saxon farming and will be lead by our very own chairman, Paul! You might remember a series of articles that Paul wrote in the SFTG newsletter a while back, based on twelve pictures of farming and other activities, […]
Make this the best year yet in your veg garden! Learn from a gardener with decades of experience in growing vegetables. This course will be led by the SFTG's Jenny Huggett, who many of you will know from our regular Friday evening meetings, open farm days and annual picnics. Although she wouldn’t tell you so […]
Come along to Emma and Dan's holding near Bodle Street on Saturday 17th May, see what their plans are for their new woodland home and meet other SFTG members over a cuppa. The holding is approx 7 acres, mostly woodland (an overgrown conifer plantation approx 30-40 years old), interspersed with some older neglected hazel coppice […]
Event postponed until early 2026 SFTG SPRING QUIZ! Friday 23rd May 2025, Burwash Common Pavilion Come along for fun and laughter at our spring social! Open to all the family! Bring your friends too! Doors/bar opens 6.45pm Quiz from 7pm JUST £10.00 per team CASH PRIZES! Teams of up to 4 Bring your […]
SFTG would like to invite our smallest members and their families to a BYO picnic, small holding tour and play session! Tuesday 27th May 11AM - 1PM Venue - Framfield Details The SFTG committee know how important our young people are to the future of farming/small holding/gardening/animal keeping etc etc! We would like to start […]