We arrived at 2pm on a sunny afternoon at Surrey Docks Farms and did our introductions. A few people had been to the farm before but it was a couple of people's first time- mine included! For our first task, we swept the goat enclosure cleaning away all their droppings. This was a satisfying task and everything looked very tidy once we were finished. Our following task involved picking up the windfall apples in the orchard. We had to separate them into apples that were suitable for cooking, apples that were not suitable for cooking but okay for the pigs to eat, and finally apples that were rotten that needed to be composted. There were three beehives in the orchard so that added a spicy element to the task. Luckily the bees kept to themselves. Once we had finished this we got to feed the pigs their apples- they absolutely loved them.
The final task involved sweeping the paths and making them tidy for the farm visitors. As a treat at the end, we were allowed to meet the animals. We fed some tomatoes to the chickens and got to spend time with the sheep and goats. All in all, it was a wonderful afternoon and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.