Devon Smallholders

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL 10AM - 4PM LAMBING FOR BEGINNERS with Gillian Dixon Non-members welcome. See devonsmallholders.co.uk/training/ for all our courses.

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL 10AM - 4PM LAMBING FOR BEGINNERS with Gillian Dixon Non-members welcome. See devonsmallholders.co.uk/training/ for all our courses.

Tickets for the trip to Lundy are selling fast. Let me know if you are interested in coming: devonsmallholders.co.uk/events/

The more of us who are involved the better DASH will be. You are welcome to just listen, ask questions or volunteer 😉 - head to if you need to get in touch. devonsmallholders.co.uk/dy/contact.php

Members of @DevSmallholders don't forget that our AGM is on Thursday this week. If you haven't signed up (it's on Zoom again!) do so asap. If you haven't received/ seen the details please contact us asap via the website so we can sort you out.

Saturday 6th November Poultry Keeping for Beginners Venue: Northlew, near Hatherleigh EX20 3PS with Gillian Dixon. devonsmallholders.co.uk/training/

Thanks to the good folk of @MoleAvonTrading for inviting @DevSmallholders to be part of their relaunch week ♥ 👩‍🌾 - find out how DASH can help you connect with other smallholders or treat yourself to some local products - #okehampton #ilovedartmoor twitter.com/MoleAvonTradin…

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Free tonight? Interesting in becoming a #smallholder - or just started (especially if you're in #Devon)? You can still register to join us on Zoom at 8pm : us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… - this event is free and open to non-members.

The good people of @TSConnected - Devon Trading Standards to most of us! - will join us to share some tips and signpost good advice, but there will be lots of informal chat and unusually for a DASH event we're opening this to non-members as well as current members so please RT.

Questions about smallholding in Devon? Join us on 13 July on Zoom for a chat with fellow smallholders and would-be smallholders us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

@SouthYeoEast It looks like paradise @SouthYeoEast - and we have a full house (well, full but appropriately socially distanced field but you know what we mean!). It promises to be such an interesting visit - thank you again and fingers crossed for cooperative weather....

We’re hosting a wildflower meadow farm walk for @DevSmallholders next week so went to check to see how it’s looking. The orchids have just about finished flowering now but lots of other interest

There are a few spaces still available on our scything course. Scything is perfect for small holders whose grassland is not easily accessible by machinery @DevSmallholders @DevonWildlife 19th July, in beautiful Woolacombe bumblebeeconservation.org/event/scything… Equipment supplied.

Our next members' meeting over Zoom is on 19 May at 8pm (a bit later than normal so that we can all enjoy the outdoors!). We'll be talking honeybees this time with DASH member David - register on zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join us this Tuesday 11/05 at 7pm, for a talk by Daisy from the @BuzzingDevon project by the @BumblebeeTrust - register on zoom.us/meeting/regist…

@BumblebeeTrust A creeping dwarf comfrey seems to be a real bee magnet (with a long flowering season from late winter to late spring). Willow is just going over here in Devon, but dandelions still in full flow. Also rosemary in flower - such a great noise from all the diners 🐝(but not today 🌧)

Diving into the weekend! 🎇 What flowers have you spotted bumblebees foraging on this week? Let us know your bumblebee encounters!

@OxfordPig @JimmysFarmHQ @SchoolFarmers @rbstnorthscot @RBST_Caledonian @battersea_zoo @smallholdworld @DooniesFarm Hello OSB Pig Group! This looks great, but the bitly linked is resolving to a page not found on Zoom. Is there a change? Would be happy to share with our members if so.

Pig Feeding, Efficiencies & Nutrition Victoria Philips Msc. Talk on Pig nutrition. Will help us better understand the roles of different feed types in pigs diet, thus enabling you to feed your pig with cost-efficiency. Register bit.ly/3h1TtEg WEDNESDAY 26TH MAY 2021

Interesting tips (and a good use for any spare, untreated bits of sheep fleece you have). Discovered the remains of a nest during winter that was full of baler twine :-(

Not sure there are many infographics about eggs, but this is a cracking one (sorry, had to be said).

Have you noticed some bumblebee pollen baskets are different colours? 🧡💛❤ This has nothing to do with the bee species. Different plants have different coloured pollen! Pollen baskets can appear grey, white, orange & red depending on which flowers the bee has recently visited.