The pressure was on for the chicks and hen to perform.
Genius little fundraiser organised by a keen PTA group. Guess the numbered square where the chicken/chicks will poo!
The kids loved it 🤣
The Little farmers and their families that visited the farm today enjoyed a bit of sun 🎉 as they planted sunflowers and made a natural bird feeder to take home.
They had fun meeting all the animals, feeding, holding and grooming them.
Thank you for coming.
We keep our groups small so our visitors have a real hands on experience with the animals and they have the space and freedom to enjoy our space.
If you have a group that would enjoy a private booking please DM for details. X
#naturelovers #carefarm #countryliving #naturecrafts #littlefarmers #forestschool
We made our little wind swept bird friends a treat.
Fun and easy to make with the kids.
#birds #birdfeeder #naturelovers #carefarm #countryliving
These were the clips where we were all concentrating on whittling our Hares
( mine still looks like a ET and a frog had a love child) but everyone else’s looked amazing thanks to James guiding us through the steps.
Our Workshop weekend was sold out this time so keep an eye out for our April dates.
We are passionate about teaching and passing on skills, encouraging people to take a break from the business of their lives and come enjoy some peace in the country side or a bit of banta in the barn.
We’re relaxed, we’re rustic and we’d love to see you at our next workshop weekend x
#whittling #carving #countrylife #workshops #carefarm #pettingfarm
Workshop Weekend 🎉
If you fancy getting your creative juices flowing, learning something new, meet new people, enjoy a bit of ‘you’ time in the countryside then come and join us over the weekend.
We only have a couple of places left so drop us a message to grab your spot.
Living Wreath workshop
Saturday 2nd
2pm-4pm
£45
Whittling Hare workshop
Sunday 3rd
2pm-5pm
£35
Everything is provided for these workshops.
So put on your coat and boots and join us in the barn for some creative fun.
DM x
Come and join us on Saturday for our Living Spring wreath workshop
Last few spaces available
Beginner friendly and lots of fun.
2pm-4pm
£45 pp
DM to book your slot
Oh the geese just love to check out what’s happening and be part of the action.
Love them ❤️
#carefarm #geese #pettingfarm #farmlife
I love that our little farm feels like it’s in the middle of nowhere yet it’s just up the road from the village.
We’re enjoying this quiet, tranquil time of year before the excitement of Spring arrives.
Lots of cleaning and maintenance goes on at this time of year at the farm which can be hard work. I try and pause every now and then to appreciate life, people, nature or a view even if it is while I’m on the roof!
Here I was trying to work out how I was going to shimmy myself off the roof in one piece.
#carefarm #carefarming #smallholding #countryliving #countrylife #naturelovers #nature #gardeninglife #gardening
Oops accidentally on purpose treated myself to this from @fieldgateflowers 😉
Our Sunflower Field was such a delight and pleasure to grow last year and along with it a lot of learning, healing and goat wrestling too.
So we are excited to begin 2024 with a guided plan to hopefully be successful in growing enough cut flowers to share with our local community and friends.
If it all goes pear shaped we’ll stick to sunflowers and dandelions. Hard to beat those two beauties.
#cutflowers #farmlife #countrylife #countryliving #carefarm #carefarming #socialfarmsandgardens
We have been planning an exciting program of events and workshops for 2024, we can’t wait to get started!
Why not buy a voucher for a family member or friend for Christmas and give them an experience instead of a gift that lets face it will probably get regifted 😆
Or treat yourself to learning a new skill in the new year.
Gift vouchers can be used for any event, workshop, farm experience or mobile farm party.
The workshops in the pipeline so far:
Family Whittling Workshop - 13th January
Wood carving - Spoon making workshop - 20th January
Alpaca Experience - Meet and greet our alpacas and have a little dander with them.
Alpaca Fleece craft workshop.
Nature craft workshops
Bushcraft workshop
Wreath making workshops
Foraging workshop
Open events are seasonal and include Summer sunflower fest and Autumn Festival.
DM for more details ###
A star is born! Whoop whoop.
An easy rustic star made for the top of the tree. Rather on the large side so I might make a smaller one and hang this one somewhere else.
The more the merrier and twigs are free 🎉
#homemadechristmas #farmlife #farm #countryliving #handmade #naturelovers
Toffee has been trying on different outfits for the animals Christmas party coming up soon. 🎄
They are all getting so excited x
#goatlife #goatkids #farminglife #farming #carefsrm #socialfarm #socialfarming #socialfarmingireland #christmasspirit
Who’s that hiding under there?
Toffee ❤️
Tis the season to get warm and cosy and eat some hay. If you’re a goat that is.
#carefarm #carefarming #smallholding #countryliving #countrylife #naturelovers #nature #gardeninglife #gardening
#goat #goatkids
I bought myself a gun!
Ok hands down it was only glue gun!
There’s definitely a glue gun culture out there and I’m all in!
Never in a million years did I ever think I’d get so much pleasure out of sticking pieces of dried orange together 🤷♀️
So beware if you come too close to me I might have the urge to glue something onto you. So far I’ve accidentally glued myself to the table twice! Didn’t learn the first time.
I’ve had to order more glue already so it’s safe to come by until they arrive.
Be assured no animals or children have been glued. Yet!
Our theme this year is simply homemade.
Shabby chic without the chic 😁
We don’t have a colour scheme and nothing is coordinated but it’s not really about the end product. We have had fun together and our creative juices have been flowing.
It can be as simple as tying ribbon on a pine cone, drying oranges or having fun with air drying clay.
Have you made any homemade decorations yet?
We’d love to see them x
#carefarm #carefarming #smallholding #countryliving #countrylife #naturelovers #nature #gardeninglife #gardening #homemade
Rookie mistake!
Think I may have over ordered garlic oops 🤣
I ordered 40 thinking I was getting 40 cloves not 40 bulbs containing 8 cloves 🙃 so I have 8x the amount!
Have you planted yours yet? Still time 😊
Here’s to a very garlicky summer 2024 🎉
@bethelskitchen
#carefarm #carefarming #smallholding #countryliving #countrylife #naturelovers #nature #gardeninglife #gardening #garlic
It was lovely to be part of this Bethlehem Experience at Holywood Baptist Church.
Such lovely people and the animals were on their best behaviour. 🎉
Come and learn a new skill and learn from experienced wood carver James.
Adult and 1 child - £35 ( £10 additional child)
Date: Saturday January 13th 2024
Time- 2pm-5pm
James from Extreme Carving and
Claire from Blackberry Farm will be combining their skills and their love of nature and the outdoors to run this workshop together.
James will be putting down his chainsaw to teach you whittling and Claire will take a break from snuggling the animals to facilitate this exciting workshop.
There will be a choice of what you can make such as snake, animal figures, wand, slingshot and more , the list is endless.
You will learn how to choose the right type of wood for your project.
How to use a knife safely.
Learn different whittling techniques to ensure you achieve your piece.
We then will enjoy gathering sticks around the farm to make a fire and learn to cook over the campfire.
We will finish off by toasting marshmallows and making s’mores and of course you will have time to meet and feed the farm animals.
Adult and child - £35
( payment due when booking)
Date: Saturday January 13th
Time- 2pm-5pm
No previous experience necessary and all equipment is provided.
Please DM to book.
Limited spaces available.
If you are interested in booking this sort of workshop as a group please DM
Thank you
#farmlife #carefarm #bushcraft #naturelovers #pettingfarm
𝓓𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓣𝓻𝓮𝓮?
It’s a tradition for us to go in search for our Christmas tree.
This year we went to a Christmas Tree Farm 🤎
We love the pine smell, the crisp air and the anticipation of Christmas.
Usually we have fun attaching it onto the roof of the car but with only my 4 youngest at home now 😢 we were able to squeeze it into the Landy. X
They were very thankful I didn’t dress up as an elf this year - photo included, that was a particular hard Christmas for us and I was clearly pulling out all the stops to try and lift their spirits. 🤣
#carefarm #carefarming #smallholding #countryliving #countrylife #naturelovers #nature #gardeninglife #gardening #christmas #christmastree
