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SUMMARY:Meet The Members
DESCRIPTION:  \nCome and meet our long standing member Jenny Cloke.\nJenny lives near Hellingly on a 45 acre smallholding and your are invited to join her for a walk around her farm and to discuss how she manages her land and livestock \nJenny has a flock of pedigree Lleyn sheep that will have been lambing throughout April. She will explain how she handles lambing her ewes and her management of the flock throughout the seasons \nTea and Cake ( an important ingredient for any farm meeting ) will be available after the walk. \nJenny often has some sock lambs that need bottle feeding at around 4:30. \nThis is a members only event with limited spaces so please book early. \nPlease do not bring dogs to this event \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/meet-the-members/
LOCATION:Jenny Cloke\, The Oast Farmhouse\, Hellingly\, East Sussex\, BN27 4EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Members only events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Simon Bishop":MAILTO:stillyans@me.com
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SUMMARY:FRIDAY NIGHT TALK - MAY - LOST WOODS OF THE LOW WEALD AND DOWNS PROJECT - BOB EPSOM
DESCRIPTION:Lost Woods of the Low Weald and Downs\nSpeaker: Bob Epsom\nFriday 15th May 2026\nBurwash Common Pavilion\nThe Lost Woods project is bringing local people together to learn about\, explore\, and care for woods across the Low Weald and Downs. It is funded for 5 years by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and is run by four partners: The Woodland Trust\, Action in Rural Sussex\, Small Woods and the Sussex Wildlife Trust. \nThe presentation will include where to go to find advice on managing existing woods and trees in farms and options for integrating more trees into the farmed landscape. \nDoors open 6.30pm for drinks\, nibbles\, chat\, library books and SFTG sale table\nTalk from 7pm\nDoors close 8.45pm\nFREE  to members and just £3 for non-members\n\n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/friday-night-talk-may-speaker-tbc/
LOCATION:TBC\, East Sussex\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SFTG Monthly Meetings,Social Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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SUMMARY:An Introduction to Smallholding - May 2026
DESCRIPTION:AN INTRODUCTION TO SMALLHOLDING\nHope Springs Smallholding\, Chiddingly\n16th May 2026 2-4pm\nPerhaps 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" workshop is just the thing for you. \nCome and spend the afternoon finding out what smallholding entails from a practical perspective. \n\nHow to get started - we know it's all a bit overwhelming at first\nWhat's involved with the paperwork and legal aspects\, as well as the finances\nA basic overview of keeping poultry\, sheep and pigs and Goats\nGrowing veg\n\n \nPlease note: \nthis course will be held outdoors (and partly in a barn) - so please do wear suitable outdoors clothing\, bearing in mind that this is England - it may well be cold and damp (or warm and sunny\, boiling and dry\, windy and snowing... you get the picture). \nCan't make this date? Event sold out? Please email our training organiser so that you will be on the list when we run the workshop again. \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/an-introduction-to-smallholding-may-2026/
LOCATION:Hope Springs\, Honeywick Lane\, Chiddingly\, BN8 6ET\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SFTG Training Courses
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Kitchen Gardening
DESCRIPTION:Get the most out of your veg garden!\n\nNot only will you learn how to grow veg for delicious year-round harvest\, but you'll also get to learn practical methods for how to get the very best from your veg plants. Learn from a gardener with decades of experience in growing vegetables: 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\nTea\, coffee and homemade cake will be served afterwards\, giving the group time to talk and ask questions. \nSpecial offer: A free vegetable plant for every attendee to take home and nurture!
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/introduction-to-kitchen-gardening/
LOCATION:Oast house\, Sandy Cross Lane\, Heathfield\, East Sussex\, TN21 8QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:SFTG Training Courses
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SUMMARY:Heathfield Show 2026
DESCRIPTION:Heathfield Show 2026\nSaturday 23rd May 2026\nTottingworth Farm\, Broad Oak\, Heathfield TN21 8UE \nCome and find us in Education marquee! \nwww.heathfieldshow.org
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/heathfield-show-2026/
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