• Update from a farmer's wife

    Spring HAS officially sprung on the island and with it cold north winds, huge seas, snow, brimstone and hellfire.

  • Helen, painting her world as she sees it

    By Karen Carruth

    Having a connection with the land is something that can change the direction in your life, whether you predicted it, or not. Helen Ryman studied psychology and sociology at university with a career in mind, yet was drawn back to working full time with farm animals – but with the added joy of being able to paint them.

  • Barstobrick – a destination to suit all in bonnie Galloway

    By Dave McFadzean

    Tucked away in quiet corner of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Bonnie Galloway, is a really remarkable farming enterprise. Barstobrick Visitor Centre sits at the heart of a multi-faceted venture run by the Austin family.

  • A word from a farmer’s wife...

    It’s THE start of a new farming year and the isolation of remote island farming is being felt.

  • National and International success for Ian

    In THE world of sheepdog trialling, most big wins will go unnoticed by the 'outside world' but for Ian Brownlie, a multi-Scottish National and International winner, his most recent successes have resulted in a lot more interest in this traditional sport.

  • Remember Tam O’Shanter’s mare!

    ANTICIPATION IS in the air at The Scottish Farmer, as we prepare for our annual Burn’s Supper next week.

  • Tasty terrines and perfect pates from Creeside

    By Karen Carruth

    Even the most enthusiastic home cook would think twice about making their own terrines or pates and why would you bother when Sarah Redman is making a fantastic range right here in Scotland!

  • Girls get in on the shooting action

    Being offered the chance to go to one of Scotland’s finest stately homes to take part in a clay shoot was not an opportunity to be missed.
    As shooting becomes a more popular pastime for ladies, whether it is on the back of Team GBs success at the Olympics, or whether ladies have realised that shooting is not just for tweed clad Americans visiting the home of their ancestors.
    Whatever has prompted the upturn in popularity, when you get the gun in your hand and take aim, the only word for the mood of the day is addictive.

  • Ronnie Wilkie is Still Game

    Ronnie Wilkie, 70, of Tillyboy, near Echt in Aberdeenshire, has spent his life breeding pedigree Suffolk sheep, and now farms mixed breeding sheep and cattle – now with a passion for racehorses thrown in.
    Known for communicating in the Doric dialect, he has been farming since 1963 and is now is in the early stages of starting a new Suffolk flock – his foundation ewe is already in residence.
    Ronnie is famed for his sheep dressing skills and has been teaching youngsters for many years his tricks of the trade.

  • No canvas needed for Louise

    There is no more thoughtful a gift than something that is unique and personal.