Store Ring 9.15am Opening Address – Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Islands 9.30am Getting the right breed for your smallholding -Tom Blunt RBST 10.15am Opportunities to diversify and change a new venture’ – Martin Rennie, Galbraith Group 11am “How To Better […]
Main market, competition rings 9.30am Goat judging 9.30 am Sheep Judging 10am Pig judging 1pm Pig MOT 2pm Pig Agility 3pm Presentation of Sheep and Goat prizes
Our first cookery theatre – come along and see !!! 9.30am Growing ingredients on the smallholding – Bosse Dahlgren & Wendy Barrie 10am Homegrown Meal cookery demonstration – Wendy Barrie, Scottish Food Guide 11am Biscuit decoration (for children only!) 12.45pm Preserving and cooking fruit demonstration – Wendy […]
As always at the Festival we try and bring you the best of local food in our Food Court This year will see the return of “The Grills of Rock n Roll” – they will be bringing their eclectic mix of food including many ingredients sourced at the Angus Farmers Market. Also making a return […]
The Festival welcomes a new area for 2022. the new cookery theatre will be located at the back of the penning area in the canteen. We are delighted to add that Wendy Barrie, founder of the Scottish Food Guide and smallholder, will be joining us and demonstrating ideal recipes for smallholders using produce from the […]
The Seminar Programme will be in the main Ring The seminar programme this year will feature talks on forestry and hedgerows, finding the best breed of livestock for your land, and two case studies; the first from Jillian McEwen from Lunan Bay Farm in Angus who will talk about their journey into Goat farming, and then […]
Scottish Smallholder Festival 2021 Results Garden, Craft and Food Section A Preserving First Second Third A1 Strawberry jam Denise and Caitlin Palmer Grant Reid A2 Apple chutney Jean Fotheringham A3 Pickled onions A4 Apple juice A5 Mincemeat A6 Beetroot chutney Jean Fotheringham Best Exhibit Jean Fotheringham Section B Baking B1 Honey biscuits Grant Reid B2 […]
Scottish Smallholder Festival 2021 Results Sheep Class Number Class First Second Third Fourth 1 Ram, British Hill, heath or upland Neil, Zoe,Sam Robson, Welsh Badgerface Torwen(No.051) Neil,Zoe, Sam Robson. Welsh Badgerface, Torddu (No.050) Neil, Zoe,Sam Robson. Welsh Badgerface Torddu (No.052) 2 Ewe, British Hill, heath or upland Neil, Zoe,Sam Robson, Welsh Badgerface Torddu(No.056) Neil,Zoe, Sam […]
Scottish Smallholder Festival 2021 Results Pigs Section A British Rare and Traditional Pigs Class Number Class First Second Third Fourth 1 Senior boar 2 Junior boar 3 Senior sow 4 Junior sow 5 Gilt Section winner Reserve Section B Kunekune Class Number Class First Second Third Fourth 6 Senior boar Tillyhowes -Kinecroft Andrew 31 (6MQZXO) […]
Scottish Smallholder Festival 2021 Results Poultry and Waterfowl Section A Turkey Class number Class First Second Third Fourth 101 Male Meadowhead 102 Female Best Turkey Section B Utility Fowl 201 Pure breed, male or female, for meat purposes Kim Epps 202 Crossbreed or hybrid, male or female, for meat purposes Kim Epps Lesley Main-Reade 203 […]