may 12, 2010 10:38am
We’ve had a host of ‘new’ arrivals here at Humble Bee Farm this week!
We can’t wait for all our guests to meet the new Gloucester Old Spot pigs, Bubble and Squeak – they love to eat vegetables and fruit, including carrots, cabbage and potatoes, but can’t eat bread or biscuits – so they have a very healthy diet, really!
As well as welcoming Bubble and Squeak, we’re also the proud owners of three bulling heifers, all the way from Cockermouth in Cumbria, who will join our suckler herd as replacements for cattle that went to market a few weeks ago.
We’re also expecting the arrival of our new bull this week – more about that in our next blog!
Our crop of potatoes – Pentland Bells – have been planted at last. We grow these for McCains, who have their headquarters in nearby Cayton, and will be used for their chips. So you never know, next time you’re enjoying some a tasty meal with chips, they could have started their life on Humble Bee Farm!
The shower block is progressing well, with the altro flooring now laid throughout. The next stage is fitting the showers, the rest of the toilets and finishing the cubicles. We can’t wait to officially open our new facility and see all our guests using it.
We have also had areas of our site turfed ready for the forthcoming Bank Holiday.
And as you can see from our pictures this week, the swallows are back in business building their nests at various places around the farm, and some of our campers have been toasting delicious marshmallows, a great way to enjoy the outdoors.
More from Humble Bee Farm next week.
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