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SUMMARY:KITCHEN GARDENING - Cancelled due to lack of interest
DESCRIPTION:Make this the best year yet in your veg garden!\n\nLearn 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.\nAlthough she wouldn’t tell you so herself\, the chances are that if Jenny doesn’t know the answer to a question\, then it probably doesn’t have an answer. \nIn this course\, you’ll learn about such topics as: \n\nWhat to plant for year-round fresh or stored vegetables\, and when to plant it\nWhich vegetable varieties to grow\, including what works well in this area (and what doesn’t!)\nCaring for your vegetable plants\nFeeding the soil so as to get the most from it\nThe benefits of no-dig gardening\nHow best to avoid pests without chemicals\nCompanion planting – which plants will help each other\, and which will hinder?\nSeed saving\n\nSo go on - book now! We are sure you won't have bean on a better course!\nEvery attendee will come away with some plants too!
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/kitchen-gardening-course/
LOCATION:Oast house\, Heathfield\, Oast House\, Sandy Cross Lane\, Heathfield\, East Sussex\, TN21 8QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SFTG Training Courses
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250517T120000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Member - Emma and Dan
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe holding is approx 7 acres\, mostly woodland (an overgrown conifer plantation approx 30-40 years old)\, interspersed with some older neglected hazel coppice and mixed deciduous. A very large pond with swimming end (currently full of brown carp and looking like the penguin enclosure at Drusilla's!). The house is a 17th Century barn conversion with attached Victorian granary (also needs considerable renovation). \nWhilst they've both had allotments in the past and Emma has run an edible community garden in Hove for many years\, managing land on this scale is new to them. They have chickens and hope to install a polytunnel this year for veg. \nThey are also members of the Sussex Bodgers (APTGW) and Emma now coordinates the Sussex Group (a role she took on as a novice bodger last August) who meet monthly at Old Barn Woods on Cinderford Lane. \nTheir vision for the land so far is: 1) a source of fuel for a biomass boiler we plan to install this year to heat the house (currently no functional heating) 2) potential structural material for A-frame shelters 3) a source of material for green woodworking on a small scale. 4) a venue for craft and skills sharing activities. They would like to renovate the hazel coppice and slowly replace the conifers with deciduous trees (This could be challenging given the number of deer currently abiding there though!). Their overall aim is to steward the land as sensitively as they can for maximum wildlife and low impact. \nBest if dogs are on leads as they have a large pond\, chickens\, plus deer a plenty roaming with incomplete boundary fences.
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/meet-the-member-emma-and-dan/
LOCATION:Private: The Granary\, Prinkle Lane\, The Granary\, Prinkle Lane\, Bodle Street\, East Sussex\, BN27 4UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Member-Created Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Emma and Dan Leach":MAILTO:emmakaren@protonmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250523T184500
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL - MAY - SFTG SPRING QUIZ
DESCRIPTION:Event postponed until early 2026\nSFTG SPRING QUIZ!\nFriday 23rd May 2025\, Burwash Common Pavilion\nCome along for fun and laughter at our spring social!\nOpen to all the family! Bring your friends too!\n  \nDoors/bar opens 6.45pm\nQuiz from 7pm \n JUST £10.00 per team\nCASH PRIZES!\nTeams of up to 4\n  \nBring your own snacks for your table/team - Alcoholic drinks MUST be purchased on site from the bar\n\nPurchase one team ticket and bring up to four people to quiz with\n(members and non-members welcomed)\n\nAll ticket purchases will be used as prize monies on the night - the more teams\, the bigger the prizes!\n  \nPlease note there will not be any teas/coffees\, library or sharing/selling table this month\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/friday-night-talk-may/
LOCATION:TBC\, East Sussex\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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SUMMARY:SMALL\, SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL GET TOGETHER!
DESCRIPTION:SFTG would like to invite our smallest members and their families to a\nBYO picnic\, small holding tour and play session!\nTuesday 27th May\n11AM - 1PM\nVenue - Framfield\nDetails\nThe 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 hosting more Small\, Small Farmer events in order to give our youngest members more learning experiences and opportunities to socialise too.\nCommittee member Helen\, has kindly offered to host our first introductory event in May half term!\nWe'd love to see you there!\n\n* All members welcome as long as they have small\, small farmer to bring along! Perhaps it is your own child/children or your grandchild/ren\n* This event is provided free of charge by SFTG and there will be tea and coffee made available.\n* Bring along your own picnic; meet the animals on the small holding and play/catch up with other small\, small farmers.\n* There is no age restriction for this event as long as all young people are accompanied by a responsible adult. Babes in arms\, toddlers\, primary aged children and teens alike are all very welcome.\n* This event will take place on a working smallholding with animals and machinery - all attendees take full responsibility for themselves and their minors\n* This is a ticketed event so that we know how many people to expect - please book a ticket online for each adult and child\n* Please dress appropriately for the event/venue/weather. Sensible footwear is  must!\n  \n  \nWe hope to see as many of you there as possible\nand look forward to using this opportunity to find out what our small\, small farmers would like to see more of!\n  \nAny questions\, please email GTO@SFTG.ORG.UK \nTICKET SALES CLOSE MONDAY 26TH MAY @ 12PM \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/small-small-farmers-social-get-together/
LOCATION:Etching Wood\, Etching Wood\, Framfield\, East Sussex\, TN22 5EW\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250529T183000
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SUMMARY:QUAIL: MEAT AND EGGS FOR YOUR FAMILY
DESCRIPTION:QUAIL MEAT AND EGGS FOR YOUR FAMILY DINNER TABLE \n  \nQuail are an inexpensive\, low maintenance\, space saving animal that provide wonderful eggs but also taste absolutely delicious if reared for meat! \nLouise and her family have been rearing quail for their family diner table now for a few years and are keen to show others how they organise their flock and how it provides them with food for their family. \nThis course will give attendees an insight in to how quail can provide a valuable food source for your family. The course will include all the information you need about incubation of eggs\, rearing young and keeping a breeding family. There will also be an opportunity to watch a quail dispatch and dressing of the bird for the table should you wish\, as well as some freshly cooked quail to try. \nSubject to dates and incubation windows\, you should be able to see quail at all stages of growing too. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/upcoming-course-quail-meat-for-your-family/
LOCATION:Burwash Common\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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SUMMARY:AN INTRODUCTION TO KEEPING ALPACAS
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what keeping alpacas is like?\nDo you love these furry creatures?\nWould you like the opportunity to walk an alpaca?\nPerhaps you have some space on your small holding to add to your menagerie?\nThis new SFTG course might be just for you...\nINTRODUCTION TO KEEPING ALPACAS COURSE\nSaturday 31st May\nTime 10am to 12.30pm\nVenue - Framfield\, East Sussex\n(Full address confirmed on ticket purchase)\n\nMember\, Helen will introduce you to the world of alpacas! On her small holding\, Helen keeps a variety of animals including alpacas. Helen will talk you through all of the basics that you might need to know in order to start keeping alpacas such as their housing\, feed\, grooming\, health\, using their wool and the benefits of alpacas for mental wellbeing. You'll also get to meet the animals\, give the alpacas a walk and maybe even get an alpaca kiss!\n  \nAlpaca walks alone usually retail at about £25 per person\, so this informative course and opportunity to walk the animals comes in at a very good price\, especially for our members.\n\nTICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!\n  \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/an-introduction-to-keeping-alpacas/
LOCATION:Etching Wood\, Etching Wood\, Framfield\, East Sussex\, TN22 5EW\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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