We were delighted to be given a beautiful Golden Guernsey goat from special friends with a herd near Chelmsford (Kirsty makes goldensoaps.co.uk). 'Crowswood Morning' ('Morning' for short) produced a gorgeous set of twin kids on April 25th 2019, named 'Countryways Hampden' (male) and 'Missenden' ('Missy' for short). We’ve joined the Harness Goat Society, and hope [...]
We again celebrated National Open Farm Sunday at Road Farm on the afternoon of 9th June, 2019, a wonderful family-friendly, free event welcoming everyone to come and find out more about farming and the countryside. There were farm walks, talks, farm animals to meet, Farrier Sam trimmed the donkeys hooves, Luke Rance and Duncan demonstrated [...]
We’re delighted to have provided visits over the Autumn for a wide selection of teenagers from schools across Bucks to learn about vocational opportunities on farms and in the countryside. We included farm to fork cooking with everyone enjoying making things like flatbreads, Speedy Biryani, Beef and Marscapone Meatballs, Chicken Stir Fry and Fresh Burgers. [...]
We’re hugely grateful to local craftsmen in the Association of Wood-turners GB for their guidance and for the generous support through the Worshipful Company of Turners to install a proper dust extraction system. The workshop is a wonderful place for learning, creating and developing positive attitudes. Themed around “The Carpenter’s Son”, we again decorated a tree [...]
Our very warmest Greetings to everyone over this Christmas Season 2018, and best wishes for a good 2019! This is the tree we decorated for the local Christmas Tree Festival held at the Parish Church. The decorations on were hand-made from items gathered and crafted by our Care Farm Helpers, Support workers and lovingly co-ordinated [...]
Our local beautiful Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul invited us to present the work of Road Farm Countryways CIC at their Harvest morning Service, which was a great privilege and stimulated much thought and emotion. We are truly grateful for all the many good gifts we have around us. The Bible reading [...]
In August we were delighted to welcome the great Team from Future Roots Care Farm Countymen UK to inspire and train us. We’re starting a Countrymen’s Club for those with limited access to country interests due to health issues or isolation. Every week we continue to welcome a range of individuals and connected groups including [...]
We’ve kindly been donated some wonderful wood-working equipment from the Stanford family, some of which we’ve already been using to create items with the young men who come here, boosting their confidence as well as their skills. We’ve also been able to make some wonderful links with nationally involved and respected Wood Turners and hope [...]
We bought three wonderful Anglo Nubian x Boer kids from Odds Farm Park visitor centre in the late spring, with intention to breed from them next year. The Three Berries already had names: Blueberry, Raspberry and Mary Berry (!), and are enjoying developing their characters here: it’s usually Mary in the lead, but all are [...]
We attended both Wendover Celebrates and The Lee Flower show with Archery and with display boards, also the Prestwood Big Picnic. Bartletts Care Home Residents welcomed the donkeys to their Seaside Week for the 4th year in a row and as usual, much pleasure was had over a few short hours. We took the Trekinetic [...]
