.. not really making hay, but certainly making progress here on our little "farm". The arrival of two experienced and v hard working farm labourers, aka my Dad and Jane, on Tuesday has meant that after 5 days hard, hard graft on their part and Russell's we have achieved lots, including the following:
1. The Turkey house is FINISHED (I will post pictures soon, it really is fabulous);
2. The turkeys have had their wings clipped (Jane is a super turkey catcher, who knew?) and are in their new home and fully free ranging;
3. The rappa fencing is complete, with the electric cable neatly buried (thanks dad for digging the trench), the biggest earth stakes you have ever seen all dug into the ground;
4. We have hose pipes out to the field, a harder job than it sounds;
5. I have a neat muck heap, with panelled sides and everything, I'll show you we mean business when we say we will keep the farm neat;
6. The sheeps are tame, bucket trained and in the top paddock with the ponies;
7. The sheep have shelter.
The compliance officer came to see us last week and we showed him around. Apart from one slightly sticky moment when I had to leave the compliance officer alone with Russell whilst I saw the grass topping guy it all went very well. Russell isn't safe to be left alone with anyone from the council, just in case he starts going through all the little bug bears he has with the Council. Anyway, the compliance officer has since written us a very nice letter, saying that our turkey house and shelters are all legit and no further action is needed. Plus he gave us some advice as to how to use our permitted development rights, i.e. we have the right to erect buildings for agricultural purposes such as barns, animal houses etc but we need to write to the council first. So now we know and he has printed out a copy of the policy for me and popped it in the post. He signed off his letter by saying "May I take this opportunity to wish you every success in your farm business". How nice.
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