March 2013 News

Time seems to be flying at the moment - and I can hardly believe that two weeks have already passed. The community seems to be buzzing with activity - as spring has really arrived and everyone is getting ready for the months ahead. Even the cold spell of weather that we are experiencing does not really seem to bother so much.

Two of the Dexter Cows have given birth to two gorgeous little calfs that are happily running around the field and we are expecting another one in the coming days.Darren , Tomas and Dominic are all excited and go up to the field whenever they can. We also have ten lambs - and over the next few days are expecting a few more.

The chickens are producing an incredible amount of eggs - and everyone is blowing them out so that we have lots of eggs to paint for Easter.

Even on the building front there is some news. The workshop building has gone out for tender - but we are still waiting for a few details to be sorted out before we can move on with the actual house . But hopefully there will be some news to tell in the coming months.

Easter week is a very rich time in Camphill. We try to experience the festivals and do lots of activities in holy week in order to get an experience of all the things that are happening. Every day we look at the events of holy week so that we can prepare ourselves for a big festival on Easter Sunday where we usually have a sunrise breakfast together before going on an egg hunt in our garden in the afternoon.This year we have lots of visitors at this time of year - and is very nice to see some of our past co-workers popping in to say hello.

This coming Friday will be the first day on the market for this year - and lots of things are being still produced. Catriona is making new chair cushions - a new line that we have developed and Ann Marie has made a lot of scarves. Stephen and Thomas are very busy in the garden getting the beds prepared for planting - and we have managed to plant all our potatoes for this year the day after St. Patricks Day.