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- Training
- Boston
- 5h
...practice giving medication, look at a variety of suitable housing, learn about incubation and brooding. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions...
- Training
- Boston
- Beginner
- 5h
...To explain the basics of bee keeping. To show the equipment required to keep bees. To look at the various products that can be obtained from keeping...
- Training
- Boston
- 2 Days
...To teach basic food hygiene. To explain the systems and processes required. Suitable for: Anyone who sells or wants to sell home-grown fruit & veg or home-reared...
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Advantages of studying here
We use a wide variety of local experts to deliver each of our training courses. Each course contains a rich blend of theory and practical to ensure everyone gets the most from the training days.
We can also provide 1-2-1 training at your own location or at our associate smallholdings and farms. Please contact us for further information.
Areas of specialisation
We specialise in training courses for smallholders and those looking to improve their skills generally on their smallholding. We are adding to the list of our courses which currently cover the following:
Poultry keeping
Bee keeping
Food safety for smallholders
Keeping goats
Keeping alpaca
Keeping sheep
Growing vegetables
Growing fruit
Preserving home grown produce
Butchering
Description
Leonard Cottage Smallholding Courses provides a wide variety of practical training courses in animal husbandry, traditional crafts and rural skills. Most of our courses are held at the Centre in Boston, Lincolnshire. Others are held at local farms and smallholdings around Lincolnshire depending on the subject matter.