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12 Sep 2016

Open Day 16th September

Don't forget its the farms open day this Friday 1-3PM! There will be lots to see and do and it looks like the weather might behave for us! Be sure to come and check us out!

01 Aug 2016

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Our good friends from National Grid came to help us out at the farm again last week! They made us a new bench for the sea-side garden and helped us carry on with the log splitting. The team of 15 worked relentlessly through the day and considering it was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 30 degrees we would like to give them an extra special thank you! We have had some great weddings at the farm this year with our last one being held this weekend. Our last even of the year for weddings…

14 Jul 2016

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Bursting Vege Beds

The vegetable beds are bursting with produce this time of year and the team have a busy time keeping naughty pigeons and bugs from eating all their hard work! Red currants (above) and raspberry (below) will all head into Berrys Cafe and be made into yummy jam! The sprouts and broccoli are looking fantastic . We have almost eaten all of the broccoli! Check out the size of the onions! Speaking of size check out our not so little lambs now! They are now in the top field and have been weaned so that the ewes can have…

21 Jun 2016

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BBQ season

Check out how the BBQ area now looks! In true British fashion as the concrete arrived the rain came down! Luckily it stopped not long after to allow the concrete to set! A huge thank you must go to Eamon McEvilly from EP McEvilly Contractors Ltd who organised all of the concrete and the brick work. Knowle and Doritch rotary club continue to support the farm massively and recently invited two project workers along to Copt Heath golf club as part of their fundraising activities for local charities. Both of the project workers gave a small speech and thoroughly enjoyed themselves! …

09 Jun 2016

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Sales Day Sunshine

Wow the weather really delivered this sales day! The sun shone and the field was full of cars. We have changed the layout of the farm and so it meant that we had to change the normal positioning of things! Berrys cafe was stocked full of lovely cakes and food ready for everyone to tuck into... The wood work team had a variety of crafts on sale outside the back of Berrys cafe which looked fantastic in the sunshine. The hanging baskets and bedding plants sold really well and we know that they will only continue to look better throughout…

20 May 2016

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Helping hands

The help is coming from all over and this time we were joined by staff from Lloyds banking group. They joined us on Tuesday to continue on some of the large projects started last week as well as continuing to help us with other projects at the farm! Check it out - Work on the new pig area has begun with removing some of the old fence posts which create a boundary to the farm field. Pigs are very good escape artists so we wanted to make sure that the boundaries are super strong to keep them in! Still working…

17 May 2016

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JLL come to the farm!

JLL (who provide professional real estate services/ investment) came to the farm in force last Friday! Over 55 people came to the farm to help us crack on with some massive jobs! Check out what they have been up to... One team began log splitting our huge pile of logs so that the split wood can be seasoned through the summer and will be ready to use in the log boiler to heat Berrys Cafe in the winter. They filled a whole log bay! Weeding the vegetable beds is always an ongoing task as weeds just love growing in our well…

15 Apr 2016

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And its April…

Check out our weaved willow structure in the recycled garden! The horticulture team made it in the winter and it has now sprung into life. All of the gardens at the farm are starting to show the early signs of growth and will soon be full of colour! Our lambs are coming on really well and get bigger each day! They are also getting much braver and love the camera! Thank you to all that donated for our mud run! We raised over £4000 thanks to your generosity and we are now looking for a tractor to buy for the…

31 Mar 2016

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Mega March

March has been a wonderful time at the farm where we have welcomed 11 new lambs! The ewes are (as always) brilliant mothers, which is good news for us as Amy and Lilly had triplets! We will be keeping a close eye on these moms and lambs in particular to make sure that everyone is getting enough food and milk! To allow the lambs to have constant access to extra feed but not other greedy ewes the wood work team built a 'lamb creep' where the lambs can go in and nibble! They rely on their mothers milk for the…

16 Mar 2016

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Lambing Time

We are sure that you will have all seen that the new arrivals have started to arrive at the farm! We have two ewes left to surprise us and hopefully they will do it at a reasonable hour! (wishful thinking!). That's all for now as we will write a full blog when all the new arrivals are with us. Here are a couple more pictures to enjoy for now...