By the end of this course, you will be able to correctly & safely catch, restrain & perform a health check on sheep, pigs, goats & poultry as well as gaining ‘hands on’ experience for routine healthcare procedures. This will cover techniques involved in routine animal husbandry which will include; foot trimming, shearing, ear tagging, milking (Goats), administering medication.
Learn how to creatively (re)design your croft using permaculture principles, with the result that you will get more diverse yields. Permaculture is a sustainable, resilient process which replicates the way nature works - come and find out about it.
The course will be held off site at a permaculture ScotLAND project with students travelling by minibus from the museum.
A practical outdoor training course spread over 2 days. The course will be held off site, meeting at Kilmartin Museum.
Please bring:
steel toe capped boots/wellies, waterproof clothing, suncream if a hot day & plenty of bottled water, some heavy rubber type gardening gloves, eye protection - eg builders goggles, these don't need to be worn all the time, just during hammering.
Please also bring a packed lunch, drinks & snacks each day .
Felting native wool fleece - practical uses for small scale felting projects. We will be using a range of Shetland, Hebridean, North Ronaldsay , Blue Faced Leicester and Texel wool. Teaching transferable skills of wet felting
and needle felting on this experimental workshop.
Lots of samples and ideas to be inspired by.
Tutor: Liz Gaffney-Whaite
Local Course Director: Julia Hamilton
Introducing equipment & processes involved in spinning wool (& other natural fibres): starting with raw fleece to making yarn, with plenty of hands-on experience during the day. Discussion of application choices, with some
examples to see & feel, with tips to improve techniques.
Tutor: Bridie Pursey
Local Course Director: Julia Hamilton
An introduction to Scottish agriculture directly related to crofters and smallholders. Peer to peer support and a face-to-face training event with industry experts to give you a step up to starting out in crofting, taking on a croft or to update your knowledge and develop your crofting business.
(Limited fully funded places available for anyone aged 16-25.)
