Green Up Clean Up

Meeting Jesus in the streets

The chicken area with the polytunnel in the distance

Chickens

What a horrendous week! We lost all of our lovely chickens. It’s been so hard saying goodbye to our feathery friends, and the garden feels strangely empty without them.

We’ve been busy rebuilding their enclosure and this time we’re adding a roof to give them even more protection. Tuesday is the big day – our new flock arrives! We’ve got a fun mix coming:

  • 3 x Ben Eggy’s (White Star) – can’t wait for those lovely white eggs!
  • A Sue and an Oli (Speckledy) – love their gorgeous markings
  • 2 x Nuggets (Rhode Rock) – hoping for lots of lovely brown eggs from these two.

Fingers crossed this new chapter brings lots of happy chicken-y moments!

Looking at the farm through the orchard Fowey River Academy Farm - The who, what, where, how, when Who Fowey River Academy is a secondary school based in Fowey and serving the surrounding area including Par, St Blazey and Lostwithiel. Cornwall is one of the 10 poorest regions in Europe with Par/St Blazey listed as the second poorest…
Barn Build Barn Build Starts - As part of the farm we will need someone dry and clean to store food and a locked area for tools. This is the build story. This view shows the barn set in the area that will become the farm. Stretching away in the distance is…
Barn Build The Walls are Up - But not clad yet... It has started.
The roof of the barn The Roof is on - We needed outside help with this. Our health and safety policy prevents young people from climbing ladders.
A Spider Cladding, Water Collecting and a Visitor - We had an exciting time today welcoming a visitor to the site. I think it is a common house spider but if anyone else knows, please give me a shout. We also continued cladding the shed and moved a bin into position. Once guttering is up…
Chicken Coop and run The Chickens are coming - Smiling Egg Chicken Coop and run We are building a much bigger run for the chickens. The small run will be used as a pen to move the chickens around the site. Chickens are useful in clearing and cleaning a site. No weeding needed!
Plants for the orchard The Barn Build nears completion - Today we had delivered a whole load of plants from Bodmin Nursery. The plants will be the start of our orchard, rose garden and raised beds.
Fencing and barn Doors and Fencing -
Inside the Barn - The floor is almost complete and a cupboard started.
Chickens and an Extension - The shed was extended to have an outdoor covered area and the tiered seating area has grown. Best news of all is that the chickens will hopefully arrive in a weeks time. Amphitheatre Coop Coop Shed Extension

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