[Julie Taylor]

Hello!
 

My name is Julie and I work at Bill Quay Community Farm in Gateshead.

The farm is an RBST approved farm park, and is home to the following rare and native breeds:
 Tamworth pigs
 Bagot goats
 Scots Grey chickens
 Longhorn cattle
 Jacob sheep
 Hebridean sheep
 Castlemilk Moorit sheep

The farm is open to the public and is FREE to visit. We also have a lovely Fairtrade café.

Everyone is welcome to pop in and say hello!

Julie

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome from  but windy Carnoustie 

A chap I dealt with at RBST was involved with a community farm up your way. His name was Ryan. Any connection?

[SallyintNorth]

Welcome from t'other end of the Wall (nearly) 

Must make it over your way and have a look at all your lovely sheep 

D'you sell their fleeces?         I think I've heard of you guys on Ravelry? 

[Julie Taylor]

Hi Rosemary,  yes Ryan Perry used to work at Bill Quay, then went to work for the RBST, and is now back as a trustee on the Bill Quay Community Farm Association (bit of a mouthful!).  He showed Melody our Tamworth pig at the Great Yorkshire Show this year and came back with some impressive rosettes.

SallyintNorth, hello, yes we sell our fleeces to spinners and felters and such like, we have a group who get together once a week at the farm and tinker with wool.  We're very happy to barter fleeces too!

We're planning this year's tupping at the moment, it won't be long before we get the rams in and carry out their MOTs to make sure they're in good shape.

Julie

[mowhaugh]

hello!

[Lesley Silvester]

   and welcome from Shropshire. Sounds like a good set up, especially the goats. Mine are Sanaans.

[Mammyshaz]

Hello  from just along the road Washington. Didn't realise there was a RBST farm near me. I'm itching for a visit now 
Only a few hens here until I can find somewhere but always looking to exchange a bit of work for livestock experience 

[SallyintNorth]

always looking to exchange a bit of work for livestock experience 

Bite her arm off, Julie - she's gold dust 

[Mammyshaz]

Thanks Sally : just don't mention the little hiccups here and there      it will of course be fitted around my much loved work with the most trusting couple in farming 

[Kasana]

Hi - I love Jacobs 

[Julie Taylor]

You should definitely pop along and see us, there's plenty of opportunity to get some practical livestock experience PLUS our new ducks are arriving later this week, Welsh Harlequins coming all the way from welsh Wales!

  

Julie

[Small Plot Big Ideas]

Hello from the North Pennines!


Never managed to visit Bill Quay when we lived over that way but definitely should at some point as we sometimes get over that way to visit family. As we're new at all this it would certainly help to see what you're doing and how you do it!

[Ray Baxter]

Hi Julie,

Great to hear about you. It would be great to pop by sometime.

Ray

[shygirl]

sorry if this is the wrong place to ask - but how did they spend £170k pa running the farm?
i thought my accounts per bad. 
welldone for keeping it going 

[Taran]

Hello Julie. Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy your visits here x