Back to the farm: Rule of Sieve

In the lovely Sunday sunshine, six GoodGymers met outside one, if not, the favourite task in the Southwark borough (a poll or survey hasn't been done to prove any of this). It was great to be back at the farm and what a fabulous time to visit just when the sheep and the goats are expecting. They were definitely heavily pregnant and waiting to give birth to twins and triplets!

Becs was on hand to sort us out with a couple of tasks that involved the compost heap and soil.

Task 1: Vic and Lucia were on hand to specially mix different soil ingredients in a builder mixer (usually used for cement). It was a very particular task as everything had to be measured and time to a tee!

Task 2: Hannah, Emma, Tracey (her first time at the farm) and Sam took on the task on getting out this makeshift motorised sieve machine to sieve out the sticks and stones from the good compost heap. The task did not need all four of us after we got a routine going, so Emma and Tracey went onto Task 3....

Task 3: Sweep the goat pen - everyone's favourite task as you get close and personal with the goats as you sweep your way around the yard. Yet, this time around the goats were either coming up to you in search of food or moving as little as possible as they did look like they were ready to get birth.

The 2 hours whizzed by and I am glad Hannah and I managed to get 2 wheelbarrows of sieved compost (triple filtered by the way...so really good stuff). We got in the all-important farm photo and I am sure those who will be going to the farm next week....you'll see a few new additions to the farm family.