28 Mar 2017
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Lamb Spam!

Lamb Spam!

March means lambing at the farm and this year has been especially busy with lots of lambs arriving! This year we welcomed 12 lambs, which broke down into a set of quads, two sets of triplets and one set of twins. The ewes have got their work cut out that's for sure! We will be keeping a close eye on them to make sure that the ewes are getting all the extra feed they need and that non of the lambs are missing out on any milk! The lambing camera worked really well and allowed us to be on site…
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16 Feb 2017
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Fancy February

Fancy February

February has seen some huge developments at the farm! Heritage and Sons construction came to the farm to install several new water troughs in the fields and to provide water to our vegetable beds so that during the summer months we don't have to find miles and miles of hose pipes! The project workers loved watching the digger do all of the hard work and as the weather was so dry you would hardly know any work has been done at all! Keeping bio diversity and productivity in mind, the woodland has now reached semi maturity and the canopy has…
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10 Jan 2017
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Our bug hotel is officially open!

Our bug hotel is officially open!

Happy new year to all our lovely supporters of the farm! We had some great news last week that all of our ewes are pregnant so we will be lambing again in March! This will be our third time lambing but with only four ewes this year. All being well we will then lamb all 9 of our ewes in 2018 which will hopefully result in lots more lambs for us to look after!   The frosty mornings make everything sparkle at the farm and in turn we usually get a lovely get sunrise to match! The frost also means…
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27 Sep 2016
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Successful September

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…
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12 Sep 2016
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Open Day 16th September

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!
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14 Jul 2016
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Bursting Vege Beds

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…
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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…
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20 May 2016
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Helping hands

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…
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17 May 2016
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JLL come to the farm!

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…
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