Maes Mawr Smallholding
SMALLHOLDING EXPERIENCE DAY
A full day 9.30am - 5pm.
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A whole range of topics from choosing your own place, building on a budget, keeping animals for pets or meat. Layouts and access, equipment and the realities of weather. Growing your own food and the enjoyment we have from a simpler life.
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This day is designed to give you an overall look into all aspects of creating and running a smallholding with advice that will suit everyone no matter what your plans.
We offer a light lunch and tea and scones to end the day either in the barn or outside in the gardens, weather dependant.
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DAIRY GOAT KEEPING
A full day 9.30am - 5pm.
The perfect workshop for those who want to keep goats for milking. Whether you would like to milk for your own personal use or for a business we can show you our set up and talk you through keeping goats for more than just pets. Advice about housing and keeping a larger herd, health care and breeding.
An introduction to making cheese and processing your milk for your use at home.
We offer a light lunch and tea and scones to end the day either in the barn or outside in the gardens, weather dependant.
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KEEPING SHEEP & CRAFTING
A full day 10am - 5pm.
Learn all you need to keep your own small flock of sheep, learn their welfare needs and the Sheep Year, all you need to know about keeping sheep over a 12 month period. Learn how to handle them and the see the set up we use to handle them safely. You'll learn about the different breeds not only for their suitability for your holding but also for your crafting needs.
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Spend the afternoon washing fleece and learning the process of peg looming. You'll finish the day having made a seat pad to take home with you.
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