09 Jan 2014
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! As always we are starting the new year full steam ahead and have started a few new projects! This includes our new aviary. We have been very fortunate and Solihull Lions have kindly donated £680 for us to build the aviary and fill it full of birds! We are looking to fill the aviary with either budgies or zebra finches and canaries! The choice lies with the project workers who are yet to vote on it! To make way for the new addition we have taken down (demolished) the old shed next to the hay store…
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05 Dec 2013
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BMW come to the farm!

This Tuesday a lovely group of BMW employees joined us at the farm to create a 'living fence' for us at the back of Berry's Cafe. The living fence will be planted with lots of herbs and edible plants which the cooking team can use in the lovely meals they make for us at the farm. The team did a fantastic job and the area is being planted as this is typed! We would like to say a huge thank you to the team as not only did they do a great job they also raised £400 for the materials…
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08 Oct 2013
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Well so much has happened since the open day its hard to keep track! In conjunction with the Calvert Trust the farm was host to a camping weekend for project workers! The weather warmed up again just in time and a fantastic time was had by all! Camping began on friday night, and saturday consisted on canoeing up to Knowle and back. I think the campfire was much deserved on Saturday night as were the bacon sarnies on Sunday morning! The farm has become an apple juice making machine thanks to the guys in the horticulture groups. It's a real team effort…
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20 Sep 2013
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Open day success!

Well Friday 13th turned out to be a lucky one for us! When preparing in the morning the sky threatened to rain a couple of times and had us worried but it came up trumps and gave us a perfect afternoon. It felt like one of our busiest open days yet with lots of activities for all to get involved in. The horses behaved in their displays (phew) and stood perfectly for people to come and have a go at grooming them. The farms home-made apple juice was a huge success with all of it being sold on the day! We…
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27 Aug 2013
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EE come to the farm!

This week we welcomed a group of volunteers from EE to the farm to help us do various tasks. The group split into two and focused on finishing parts of the slabbing at the front of Berrys Cafe and also stained all the furniture and decking at the back of the Cafe. The slabbing proved to be an extra hard task as some slabs which had been laid previously had not set and the concrete had to be removed and re-laid. The decking and furniture was drinking up the oil that was painted onto it making it a never-ending task for the group outside the…
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17 May 2013
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RSA come to the farm!

Yet another busy week at the farm! A group of employees from RSA joined us for the day  on Wednesday to help us with some jobs that we often don't get time to do. They decided that they would give our pool room and toilets a much-needed lick of paint! The toilets are now nice and bright and look new again! The pool room is a porta cabin where the  project workers have their morning meeting, breaks and have the chance to keep dry if its raining! It was beginning to look a bit old and in desperate need of…
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29 Apr 2013
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End of April update…

The horses have now moved onto their summer grazing and are very happy to have lots of lovely grass to gorge themselves on! We went up there on Friday morning to find all of them having a morning snooze! Basil couldn't even make the effort to stand up and greet us... The farm shop is slowly filling up again, with lots of contributions from the wood work team. The shop will fill up with lots of produce from the vegetable beds over the next few months... Summer hanging baskets will be available to order soon, in the mean time the…
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19 Apr 2013
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Jelf come to the farm!

A group of 18 employees from Jelf (consultancy company) joined us at the farm yesterday to develop our recycled garden in the horticultural area. The old saying of 'April showers' was definitely proven yesterday and the group got blasted with strong winds, heavy showers and sun! There was a real team spirit amongst the group and they took on all aspects of the challenge with real enthusiasm (even in the rain)! The team constructed a tyre wall, a patio area and a living roof! The Berry's cafe team supplied a much needed lunch of spicy carrot soup and spaghetti bolognase…
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18 Jan 2013
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Snow fun!

What a change the weather has bought! The farm is under a blanket of snow, all the horses have their nice warm rugs on and the chickens are in the stable keeping warm! Everyone at the farm would like to thank everyone involved with fun in the park in Solihull, organised by Solihull's Soroptomist society. They have very generously raised £1500 for the farm! The money will be put to good use around the farm and we would once again like to thank all those that went to and organised the day! As you can see the blog has changed…
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