Easter Animal Day

We had a lovely day on our Easter Animal Day on Saturday and wanted to thank everyone who came along and supported us! 

Here are a few photographs of the day:

We had lots of visiters eager to see the animals

One of the lambs getting comfy on mum's back!

Many people enjoyed the experience of holding one of the lambs

Farmer Sarah also had fun educating people about the farm

The pigs were happy doing what the do best - eating and sleeping!

Lots of people enjoyed getting the opportunity to sit in a tractor

Local falconer Frankie Hunt came along with some of his birds of prey

Easter Animal Day - Saturday 30th March

We are holding an Easter Animal Day on Saturday 30th March where you'll have the opportunity to come and see our lambs, pigs, and Easter chicks (weather depending!). 

We also have local falconer Frankie Hunt bringing along a few of his birds of prey for a handling session where you will be able to handle the birds and have your photograph taken with them. 

We're hoping the weather cheers up a bit for the Easter weekend and hope to see you for a fun day out :)

New Arrivals on the Farm

Hello,

Whilst the weather may not feel very spring-like at the moment, spring has definitely sprung down on the farm with many new animal arrivals. Lambing season has started with new born lambs popping out left right and centre!

Sometimes when a ewe has more than two lambs she doesn't have enough milk to feed all three (sometimes four or five!) sufficiently. When this happens we have to top up the lambs milk supply using milk formula to make sure the lambs thrive:

Getting a milk top-up

We've also had a new calf born in the last couple of days who is doing very well:

We're having a Easter Animal Day on Saturday 30th March where you'll get the chance to meet some of this years lambs and chicks :)

New Products

Hi All,

After a very busy few weeks over Christmas (thank you for all your support!) we've been spending the past few weeks catching up. We have been stocking up the shop with new products including frozen and tinned fish, a new soup range, some devilishly delicious desserts alongside other new treats and essentials.

A very popular addition to our shop has been a selection of breads and cakes from Marshalls Bakery in Pewsey. We have had an unprecedented demand for the Lardy Cakes from Marshalls Bakery and I can personally vouch for how tasty they are!

Down on the farm we have just begun the calving and lambing season. We are hoping to be bringing up some of the young lambs to the shop over the Easter weekend and there may even be a chance to bottle feed any orphan lambs we have. Fingers crossed for some nice Spring weather :)

Take care and hope to see you soon :)

'Cake of the Week' on BBC Rado Wiltshire!

Hi there,

We were pleased to be asked to feature on Sue Davies 'Cake of the Week' on BBC Wiltshire Radio on Tuesday. I had a nice chat with her to explain all about the shop and cafe, and then I disclosed our very popular Banana Loaf Cake recipe (which always seems to go down well in the cafe and the shop).

It was good fun being on the radio, and hopefully some of our regulars might have heard!

Here is the link if you want to have a listen (we're about 30 minutes into the show):

http://bbc.in/TZJejZ

Taster Day - Saturday 1st September

Hi All,

I hope everyone is enjoying this lovely summer weather - our sausages, burgers and kebabs have certainly been flying out of Bernie's counters so I'm guessing there have been many BBQ's on the go recently!

Everything is well on the farm. We had to get the vet out last week as one of our cows was having trouble calving. However, we're pleased to report that, with a little help from the vet, two healthy calves were born. Its quite unusual for cattle to have twins so its always a nice surprise :) I will endeavour to get some photos of the new arrivals on here as soon as possible.

I wanted to let you all know about our Taster Day that we are holding on Saturday 1st September. We have a number of our local producers attending (including Marshfield Ice Cream, The Bay Tree, Katie Pearn, Chocolate Frost and Wiltshire Tea) and samples will be available of all their lovely produce. We will also have lots of samples of our own grown meat from the butchery counter.

We're hoping it will be a friendly day where our lovely customers can have the chance to taste some of the produce they have not yet tried. If this is something you think you might like then come along any time on the Saturday between 9:30am and 5:30pm.

I look forward to seeing you there :)

Settling In...

We've been open for 6 weeks now and we are settling into the swing of things. We are very pleased with all the local support we have had and its really nice to see so many familiar faces each week.

We have introduced a loyalty scheme where for every pound spent you receive a point that is worth a penny. A good way to save up points for Christmas :)

After the rave reviews received for our home made Banana Loaf Cake, we have now started making Lemon Drizzle Cake to sell in the shop, and hope everyone enjoys it as much as we did!

Hope to see you soon :)