newlands bishop farm Archives

04 Aug 2015

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…

30 Apr 2015

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Spring Pictures

This hot weather has really taken it out of the horses! They are now coming in during the day to deflate their chunky tummys before going back out again at night. The poo picking machine has been treated to some new bristles and is now doing its job even better than ever! It continues to save us a huge amount of time and is an amazing piece of kit! The blossom at the farm is almost in full swing and will open any day now! Hopefully we will have a great year for apples and other fruit grown on the…

31 Mar 2015

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New Arrivals

Welcome to our March blog, and what a lot of lamb pictures we have to share with you! A week earlier than expected our two of our lovely ewes decided to give birth to their lambs! The first ewe successfully had one lamb and the second ewe had three lambs! Because they had them so close together we were able to adopt one of the triplets onto the ewe who just had one, meaning that both ewes had two lambs each which was healthier for the ewes and the lambs. The adoption went really well and both came on leaps…

02 Mar 2015

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A late February blog!

In our next blog we will hopefully be showing you some pictures of our new baby lambs! But as we write this they are still a week away from arriving and their moms are keeping us busy! We have set up lamb cam so that we are able to check on them through the night without disturbing them unless required. The budgies have been enjoying the sunshine and yesterday enjoyed our leftover salad from Berrys Cafe! Over the last couple of weeks 4 employees from Landrover have joined us to give up some of their time to do some volunteering…

26 Jan 2015

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2015!

2015 Has already got off to a flying start! The gardening teams have been busy working on some raised beds for Coppice Junior School. They have certainly had to deal with their fair share of wet weather but i think you will all agree that it looks fantastic. Before After Well done to the project workers and staff who helped with this transformation, you have done an amazing job! This is the time of year where the animals get extra hungry and they require that bit of extra food to keep warm! The chickens have been enjoying some black sunflower…

14 Nov 2014

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November at the farm so far…

The dark nights have arrived and we are now entering the beginnings of winter! The farm looks spectacular at this time of the year... We would like to say a huge thank you to the employees from N Power who joined us last week and the employees from Jaguar Landrover who have given their time to the farm over the last three days. They have helped to transform the vegetable beds ready for lots of growing next year! We are always so grateful for the time you give to help us at the farm, thank you again! The wood work…

12 Aug 2014

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Quick update on farm life

The farm has is looking fantastic with all this beautiful weather we have been having. The horticulture gardens are looking amazing and are attracting lots of wildlife. Our poly tunnels also seem to home to some weird and wonderful wildlife... check out this whopper of a caterpillar! A few months ago a group of employees from Sytner BMW came to help us with some jobs around the farm. A group of them are very bravely tackling the great north run and have nominated us as their chosen charity! If you would like to donate please follow the link here -…

08 Jul 2014

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Summer time!

Wow time is flying and it has been over two months since we last blogged! Apologies! As usual the farm is a hive of activity and it continues to go from strength to strength. We have had groups from EE and from N Power join us since we last blogged to come and lend us a helping hand all over the farm! Thanks to the groups we now have a beautifully weeded veg patch, newly stained patio furniture and decking. It takes a massive amount of effort to do all of these tasks and on behalf of everyone at the…

25 Apr 2014

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Many Thanks!

The year is flying so fast that we forgot to post a blog for March! Woops! So lots to update you on in this blog... Two weeks ago the farm was lent a helping hand from Workman (Park management), Honeywell, Securitas, Service Master, Integrias Landscapes and Kingcombe Aquacare from Birmingham Business Park who joined us for the day to help us with some jobs. The team split into three with one group putting up the summer house which we moved from CGS, another group took on the endless task of painting the fencing around the farm, and the final group…