Our new pigs. We went off to the market yesterday – there were some more Oxford Sandy and Blacks, which were the breed we had last time, but they were in batches of 7 and we thought that might be too many. There were also two pens with three Berkshires in each. 10 weeks old, … Read more
Pleased to say we now have the following for sale… Whole pasteurised goats milk – 80p a pint Pork sausages – £6.50 per kg Pork spare ribs – £2.50 per pack of 4 Pork chops – £4.50 per kg We store all produce in the freezer (even milk), so please allow time for defrosting. All … Read more
After much deliberation, our donkey finally opted for ‘Pickles’ as his name. He’s gradually getting more and more friendly and comes up for nose rubs and ear tickles now.
Thank you to everyone who suggested names for the donkey – we are still choosing… but here they all are:Wookey Dookey Donkey, Noah, Dopey, Jubilee, Herbert, Jacob, Muriel, Wonkey the Donkey, Spud, Oscar, Romeo, Cora, Honker, Dougie Donkey, Bogart, Kendoy, Trevor, Wonkee, Wonka, Barry, Brownie, Dingbat the Donkey, Priddy Polly, Dynamo the Donkey, Elvis, Dobbin, … Read more
Final few days of our ‘name the donkey’ competition. Your chance to win 2 nights at Wookey Farm Campsite. Competition closes midnight 6th May….. email [email protected]. On Tuesday, we’re going to take the list outside and call all the names out to see which one he likes best.
Last Tuesday we welcomed a new friend to Wookey Farm. A donkey. Ian’s childhood friend, Kevin, keeps a herd of donkeys but needed to move this donkey to another home before he got too friendly with his sisters! He likes company so we’ve put him with the sheep. After an uncertain initial meeting, they are … Read more
We’ve planted various areas of trees around the farm and the latest lot is 450 trees around the campsite. Silver Birch, Rowan, Ash, Holly, Dogwood and many more. Hopefully this will create a bit more interest around the site – they’re very small at the moment but looking forward to seeing them in leaf. As … Read more
Having seen an article in the Wells Journal “Bidding to boost the barn owl population”, we contacted Chris Sperring (Expert and Somerset Wildlife Trust vice-president) about how we could get involved with the scheme. He came over to the farm and thought we had just the right habitat to encourage barn owls. He was pleased … Read more
Here are our two little Oxford Sandy and Black piggies. They are 10 weeks old and pretty heavy! They settled into their new home last night and then we let them out into the field this morning. They were exploring their new paddock, testing the boundaries and then one decided to take on the electric … Read more
Had a fantastic weekend down at the Magdalen Project. I was one of 16 people, on their ‘Learning for Growth’ course – all about growing your own organic veg and keeping livestock. Really interesting weekend and I’ve come away with lots of plans for my veg plot as well as how the chickens can help compost … Read more