Hello from Felicity Towler, who's 13 and lives in Bedfordshire:
I love the countryside because I have always lived in it, my family owns a 200 acre farm in Thurleigh.
On the farm we grow sweetcorn, raspberries, strawberries, pinks, beans, oilseed rape, oats, barley and wheat.
My farm is also home to lots of sheep and lambs, six donkeys, 100 geese and over 100 chickens.
Today on the farm four goslings hatched and the geese are very protective of them.
A little chick also hatched today, it is the very first home bred chicken we have had on the farm to date.
We are also celebrating the newest member of the farm, a little donkey foal named Frankie, (named after Frankie Dettori, who won the Derby at Epsom) who today is one week old.
There are lots of factors that are great about living in the countryside, everyone knows each other and especially in the farming community. It's nice to know and see where the food comes from and to know that it has been well looked after and cared for.
I get to met a lot of people that are my age through events like Young Farmers and through family friends.
I also love to collect the eggs and see the new born lambs jumping up and down the field, it's great to wake up to the sound of cockerel in the morning and to see the geese paddling in the pond.
These are the factors that make living in countryside a great enviroment to be and grow up in.
Comments (6)
Hi Felicity,
Sounds like you've got plenty of new arrivals on the farm.
Looking forward to reading your posts. Welcome to our Kids Connect blog!
Julian - FWi editor
Posted by Julian Gairdner | July 5, 2007 11:30 AM
Posted on July 5, 2007 11:30
Hi there,
Welcome to the world of Farmers Weekly!
Isabel
Posted by Isabel | July 6, 2007 4:35 PM
Posted on July 6, 2007 16:35
i like the picture of you and your donkey but it is a shame it was cut in half by the supplement. i was on the front cover of the magazine and all my friends thought it was really cool. My granddad has a small farm in lincolnshie with lots of cows and i really enjoy staying there.
Posted by william abel | July 9, 2007 6:53 PM
Posted on July 9, 2007 18:53
hello felicity dearie :)
I love the sound of your farm :)
It sounds really nice and cute and I love the sound of Frankie..... gorgeous.......
I want to get sheep :D:D:D
I nearly got headbutted by a cow the other day
sheep are soo sweet the neighbouring farm has them and they let us look after them they are beautiful..
speak soon
from ellie
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Posted by elli | August 1, 2007 10:12 PM
Posted on August 1, 2007 22:12
YOU ARE COOL.
i love you.
lucy
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Posted by Lucy | June 30, 2008 1:39 PM
Posted on June 30, 2008 13:39
Hello Felicity,
What a cool kid you are. It's good to know I'm not the only one who likes to see the lambs jumping up and down in the field and to wake up to the sound of a cockeral every morning. Can we be your groupies?
We're looking forward to the Fright Night!
Anna and Ruth xxxxxxx
Posted by Anna & Ruth | October 21, 2008 11:43 PM
Posted on October 21, 2008 23:43