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16 Oct 2016

New Look Blog!

We hope that you like the new look to our blog site! It is still a work in progress but we will continue to update it throughout the year! Badger and Jimbo were keen to upload their selfie for us all to see on the new slider feature! October brings the start of the tupping season so 'Harry the ram' joined the farm this week. All being well we will hopefully have some more lambs again in March! We decided to keep all of the ewe lambs born at the farm this year and they are happy on 'lawn mower…

27 Sep 2016

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Successful September

The farm welcomed over 20 staff from N Power and Lloyds last week to help us out with various jobs around the farm! We now have a lovely neat log pile which was long over due for a sort out! They also made us a brand new picnic bench as well as re staining our stable block ready for winter! As always we would like to say a massive thank you to all those involved as without your help we wouldn't be able to tackle such large projects at the farm! The horses are all looking really well (mostly too…

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…

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…

09 Feb 2016

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Farming In February!

We are already flying into February and we have lots to show you! To begin we are going over to Community Gardening Services (CGS) who are based in Chelmsley Wood. They offer a variety of gardening/ landscaping services and recently tackled this overgrown garden! Check out the before and after! We have all been enjoying the ups and downs of the winter weather, and are all looking forward to some spring sunshine! Although none of us like the rain, we don't mind it as much when we get a nice rainbow at the end of it! Some of our…

23 Sep 2015

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Autumn Bliss

September is here and with that it brings a new batch of new jobs to do at the farm! Top of that list is apple juicing! We are fortunate enough to have a very productive orchard at the farm which produces a mass of fruit including apples, pears, plums and damsons! Down in the vegetable beds we also have plenty of berries to turn into jams! As there is a lot of work taking place on Berry Hall Lane at the moment we are postponing our open day until 27th and 28th November 2015. We will combine our open day…

04 Aug 2015

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A Pizza Oven!

Check out our new amazing pizza oven outside Berry's Cafe! A massive thank you to DHL for fundraising a huge amount for the oven and to Land Rover for building the base and fencing around it! The project workers are really excited to use it! We will be looking to build a BBQ next to it so that the decking facilities can be used for events in the future as well as just the Cafe! Thank you once again to DHL and Land Rover. We are always overwhelmed by the support you give to the farm! Lets hope the weather…

27 Jul 2015

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Vodafone at the farm

Two weeks ago a group of 25 employees from Vodafone came to the farm to once again generously give their time to help develop and complete some projects at the farm. The beach garden, decking, and some new staging for outside the green house were all on the agenda with everyone splitting into three teams. The weather was incredibly hot which made the tasks even more challenging! The decking is now all-weather proofed for another year and looks great for all the events which will be taking place at the farm throughout the summer. The fencing also had a freshen…