Publications

Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your croft or smallholding? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?! In this webinar, Audrey Litterick…

In a new video in our series looking at advice and guidance for people who want to make a new start with agriculture, Agricultural Consultant Hazel Laughton takes you through…

Horticultural Question Time –  in this podcast we posed the questions asked by you the FAS listeners to horticultural expert Audrey Litterick.  Lots of topics were covered from the difference…

A cheap, cost effective, alternative design for a sheep feed trough using waste items on the croft that can help provide tools to manage stock without breaking the bank. Related…

This video explores the more cost effective options to applying weed management chemicals to the croft or small holding and explains the benefits of each method whilst demonstrating them in…

A practical demonstrative video that covers the fundamental use of electric fencing in a crofting agriculture setup and discusses the benefits or such a system as a cost effective and…

This video looks at a makeshift, low budget, adaptable means at providing creep feed to lambs using items available on the croft. The benefit of the system demonstrate what can…

In small scale agriculture where expensive equipment isn’t viable or available, the use of unconventional methods can still be applied to achieve the same goal when on a budget. In…

This video explores cheaper alternative items that can be used to house poultry where space, cost, and adaptability are required for a croft or small farm setting. Related FAS Materials…

As part of a series of videos looking at alternative enterprises, in this video, we hear from Graeme Bethune from Caithness Yarns. Caithness Yarns offers premium quality artisan yarns made…