Our first full week of working at the farm is now done and
dusted. Although our duties are still only few and far between by comparison it
has been nice to start learning some of the ropes that we hadn’t covered in our
first few days.
We’ve had our first experiences of assisting with some of
the children’s groups that come to the farm and all in all things went pretty
well. The first group we had were of play school age and had come to the farm
for a bread making morning. To be honest the adults did most of the work, but
the children looked like they were enjoying themselves anyway! The session
finished with flour everywhere!
While we were waiting for the dough to rise we took the
children out onto the farm to see some of the animals. The children all seemed
to be captivated looking at the animals, but they weren’t really of an age
where we could teach them anything other than the animal’s names.
"King Julian" the goat emerging from the bushes
Our second group of kids were slightly older (around 6 years
old), and they came to the farm to do some pizza making. There was a little
more focus on the farm and the ingredients that went into the food, and the
children were all very well behaved (thank goodness!). This time while we were
waiting for the dough to rise we took the children out into the garden and got
them to help with some weeding around the bottom of the raised beds. The kids
really enjoyed helping us out, and to top it all off they were able to feed all
of their weeds to the pigs!
We’re now starting to get to know the personalities of the
animals a little bit, as well as getting used to the daily routines that
surround them all. I’m sure in the coming weeks it will become second nature to
us.
The living area of the caravan. Pretty spacious and starting to feel like home
There are of course some perks to having all of these
animals around, and one of those is a daily supply of fresh eggs for the team.
We usually end up with around 20 fresh eggs a day and we are normally falling
over ourselves to try and give them away!
Free range eggs galore!
We also had a chance this week to visit the Seashore Centre,
which is also run by the Trust and is a few miles down the road on the coast.
While we were there we learnt to clean out the tanks for the sea creatures
inside including; anemones, starfish and crabs.
We finished the week with a couple of days off, although
much of this time was spent studying for our diplomas. We also had time for a
short trip into Paignton to find out what was there and for me to get my hair
cut. I now look a little less like I still live on an island!
This week’s amusing news story comes from Switzerland. I’m
sure we have all from time to time had our frustrations with foxes; maybe they
have scattered the contents of your bin bags across your garden or attacked the
chickens or ducks that you keep? Well here’s why you might not be a fan of
foxes if you are both Swiss and a keen golfer...
See you next week!
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