Open!!!

Hi there,

It's been a while since I last blogged as we've been so busy since the shop opened its doors to customers. We have been so pleased with the response we have received from local people and its been a pleasure seeing returning customers :)

We have been enjoying some beautiful weather and have had lots of people dropping into the cafe for refreshments. We are getting some wooden picnic tables for the (hopefully) sunny months to come so people can enjoy their delicious Marshfield Icecream out in the sun!

Our butchery counter has been very popular and we've had lots of lovely comments from people saying how much they have enjoyed the flavoursome meat served up by our friendly butcher Bernie.

All in all we've been very pleased with how the first few weeks have gone and are looking forward to welcoming new and returning customers :)

1 day to go...

Well we're here! Tomorrow we open our doors and we have just about managed to get everything in its place. Below are some pictures of what you will see when we hope you come and visit in the next few days. Wish us luck! :)

2 days to go...

Only two days to go! So close to the opening, the shop is almost there. Shelves have gone from empty:

 to full:

and we're almost ready to take the covers off the butchery:

4 days to go...

The stock has started arriving so the display tables we've built are getting plenty of use!

9 days to go...

We're amazed at how different the barn looks now to when we started. Here are a couple of photos showing the cafe area as it used to look:

...and how it's looking now:

As you can see we still have a bit of work to do before we open, but we're very pleased with how it has progressed :)

Countdown to Opening!

Hi there,

As we're now on the countdown to opening (only 10 days to go!) I thought it might be interesting to illustrate how the hay barn has changed since we started this project (quite a lot!)

Here is a photo of how the barn looked when we first started work on the conversion:

Check back over the next few days and I''ll be posting more recent photos up until we open :)

Spring

It's been lovely down on the farm in this unseasonal sunshine. Whilst it may feel like summer, I can safely say that spring has definitely sprung! We have a whole host of young stock on the farm at the moment including lambs, calves, piglets and goslings and they are thriving in this warm weather. 

   

I'm also pleased to say that work on the shop is progressing well and we are hoping to have an official opening date very soon which is exciting! We're very much looking forward to welcoming everyone into the shop and cafe.