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Tartan Dragon Smallholding Courses in west Wales: Summer and beyond.
Introduction to smallholding (1-day course) or Introduction to keeping cattle (1-day course).
On our very hands-on courses we comprehensively cover every aspect of rearing your own livestock (chickens, pigs, sheep and cattle). No sitting in a classroom as full digital notes accompany the courses.
The courses run on our secluded holding on the Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire border on Fridays and Saturdays. A hot lunch and refreshments are included.
Courses available throughout July, August and September 2023.
Do you want to:
Progress your dream of smallholding towards a reality?
Know more about smallholding before taking the plunge?
Discover how you can successfully mix smallholding and full-time employment?
Get hands-on with pigs, sheep and cattle?
On this day course we intend to show what smallholding is really all about. Give you hands-on experience and answer your questions so you can start to become familiar with the realities of smallholding and feel confident about pursuing the smallholding dream.
10.00: Refreshments and introductions. What do you want out of smallholding and what do you want out of your day with us?
10.30: Setting-up a smallholding. DEFRA rules and regulations.
11.00: Pigs. Meet our pigs. Learn about buying, housing, feeding, handling and breeding.
12.30: Lunch: (made with our home-reared highland beef). We fully encourage discussion and questions during this hour in order to make full use of time.
1.30: Sheep: Meet our sheep. Learn about buying, housing, feeding, handling and breeding.
Chickens (We can usually arrange a talk on poultry if desired).
2.30: Cattle: Meet our highland cattle: Learn about buying, housing, feeding, handling and breeding.
3.30: Abattoirs, butchering and marketing your produce. Tools and equipment. Fencing and grassland management. Vets. Final questions and answers.
4.00: Course ends. Refreshments.
Never be afraid to try something new; remember "amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic"
