Lian has been doing some seeding at the moment for pictorial
meadow seeds and pictorial meadow trials for the tours later on this year in
July. She has also started constructing the area for manor oaks nursery which
opens on the 3rd May.
Our volunteer Carole has been busy all winter making stock
plants look nice in the shade tunnel.
Due to the nice weather the bees are doing well and buzzing
about the place! Lian and Ethel were working with National trust doing some log
extraction in Grindleford, in the Peak District. It was a very successful day with lots
of members of the public.
Our site mascot, Big Lad, has been very busy this week. You
might have seen him on the road pulling Ethel along in the cart up at Manor
Fields.
Tony has been hard at work in the café. Pie night has been
booking up very quickly, the word has
spread fast about the quality of food our young apprentices can produce! The
Sunday openings have now begun too, opening at 10 and taking last orders at 3.
Alistair has been putting in some Flower beds down at the
cottages and some trial pots have been put in at Manor fields.
The ducks have arrived and we have already had our first
escapee! The mischievous duck was found in the lower field by Adrian. The duck
the proceeded to follow Adrian back up to the farm but luckily decided not to
follow him home afterwards!
Our Easter egg hunt preparation has begun! The Easter egg
hunt will be taking place on Saturday 19th April from around 10.30-3.30pm
down at Manor Oaks farm. There will also be some craft activities put on and
some prizes to be won along with tombola, donkey rides, pin the tail on the bunny and many more easter themed activities! We hope
you are as egg-cited as we are!
And finally…Pack your bags bees! The bees are also on the
move, moving from their current house at the cottages to Big Lad’s old shed.
Work has begun on constructing the new home which will hopefully be the bees’
knees before their move in a month or so!
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