A Week on the Estate: Autumn Approaches, Vining Peas & Rude Turkeys

Closer to home, the Saturday Club have gone above and beyond to fit in with our free-range Norfolk Black and Norfolk Bronze turkeys. The birds don’t always respond politely. Our clever automatic water system keeps the turkeys hydrated, but they’re in the habit of perching above the dispensers and expressing themselves in a most unseemly way. The team works hard to keep everything spotless, and the turkeys work hard to keep them in work.

The Community Vegetable Garden hosted its August open day and all went swimmingly. Nicky thoroughly briefed the volunteers and guests and we inspected some highly commendable produce from this year’s new plots. Everyone enjoyed an informative and enjoyable stroll through the parkland to St Leonard’s Church followed by tasty refreshments at the Old School Tea & Coffee Shop. We were serenaded by some very vocal Lincoln Reds who wandered what they were missing, and we finished off with a courtyard chat courtesy of Toby and Jon.  We were grateful for the donation of a brand-new wheelbarrow, and to Pete for assembling it.

It’s competition time on our Facebook page from Sunday 29^th August. We’d like the green-fingered photographers among you to share your images of vibrant, late-summer flowers. They can be from window boxes, gardens, our walking trails or anywhere in the great outdoors – just tell us where you found them. We’ll use our favourite as our Facebook banner to cheer us up in September. Estate Photographer Damian Furlong has given us some inspiration with his photos from the Walled Garden. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for further details from Sunday.

Finally, the latest instalment of ‘Granny’s at Brinkhill’ is available in our ‘My Days’ series HERE. This week, Cecile remembers watching in awe as her granny operated an old-fashioned iron range to keep her family of land workers well fed: “I think that it would have been easier to drive the Flying Scotsman than to cook on Granny’s range but she did it!”

If you’ve missed any part of ‘My Days’ or ‘Our Days’,  you can find everything HERE.