Monday - Will and Ben were kept busy mending sheep hurdles, ready for lambing. David and Hilary spent the day watering all the seeds, salads, and planting out broad bean seeds & leeks. Coln House school arrived at lunch time, and we had a lovely afternoon with the boys helping Will & Ben making a raised bed, and cleaning out the ducks. Helena brought some 'plugs' of cosmos & felicia flowers that we re-potted into single pots. I had a lovely surprise at the end of the day, when Waitrose, Cirencester, rang me to say that we have been picked as one of their projects for their Green Tokens in April!
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One of Daisy's Eggs
with a goose egg and our Rhodey's egg! |
Wednesday, Steve was back, with Si & Tom, and Danny. The guys worked really hard getting the sheep 'pens' set up in the covered yard. Danny helped Gerry planting out some herbs, and then was our 'Star' when Ciren College Media Studies group arrived to film us! They interviewed us all, and are going to put together a short film about the project for us to use for marketing, and raising the profile.
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A pair of Hardwick sheep at the market
nearly bought them...! |
Thursday, i took the students to the market at Driffield, to see what was being sold - we were looking at poultry primarily, to work out which eggs to buy to go under the next 'broody' hen. Countryfile were there filming - we reckoned Adam was selling some of his sheep! Not much to see this time, but it's great to go and have a look.
Afternoon was spent preparing the 'soft fruit area' again, SO many stones to clear still, but....the guys did plant out the raspberry canes. We could do with another 6-10 canes if anyone's got any spare!
We are being given a donation of £500, and are going to buy some bare-rooted fruit trees, and a fruit cage to keep the birds out.
We're all really desperate for lambs now....the triplets are HUGE and can hardly move but to date...nothing yet!
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