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Timeline
Charity Food Cycle at Sainsbury's
Charity food cycle fundraiser with Sainsbury's staff Devizes. Over 240 miles cycled
First lambs of 2018 born
Twin lambs born 4th February named Erica & Fay,. Name after our DofE students Erica & Fay
support from Devizes area board chairman Cllr Simon Jacobs at the farm
Support from Devizes area board chairman Cllr Simon Jacobs at the farm today.
Milan Cooker Stove arrives
Milan Cooker Stove arrives ready to be installed
Half term young farmers club
Our young farmers enjoyed a busy time on the farm, cleaning, feeding and building a straw den
First frost of the season
A glorious sunrise on the day the clocks changed and the first major frost of the season
Chivers Stove Centre instalation
Chivers Stove Centre, Devizes install flue and donate time & materials
Moss cleared from roof
Neil creates a tool to scrape all the moss off of the roof 7 wheel barrow loads and counting!
Tractor arrives
Thanks to Graham and a donation by David our first tractor arrives at the farm.
Jacob ram arrives
Our own Jacob ram arrives bought locally from Luke Smith.
Youth Action Wiltshire young carers
Youth Action Wiltshire young carers help out at the farm.
First turkey hatched on the farm
First turkey hatched on the farm discovered by Skye while on animal duties. A young turkey is called a chick or poult
Aylesbury ducks arrive at the farm
Paul brings our first 4 aylesbury ducks to the farm.
Volunteers from Arval, Swindon helping out in the pond area.
Great voluntary work by a team from Arval Swindon who worked in the pond area.
Muscovy ducks donated by Social services
13 muscovy ducks donated by social services are collected.
Work on filling in between the stands
Neil & Paul start work on filling in between the stands in the milking parlour.
Help for heroes team help out at the farm
A help for heroes team led by Paul come to the farm to help out in the pond area.
Enlarging the pig pen
Paul and Bob start work on enlarging the pig pen.
Lister recovered from the craft area
On clearing brambles from the craft area a lister is found by Paul and Hans now in need of a bit of restoration.
Lightning hits the barn again
Another thunder storm and a hit on the barn only damage was to the phone line.
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