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We offer half a dozen farm-related activities: Milk, Wool, Bread, Kitchen Garden, Harnessing and Feeding as well as some ten activities related to the natural environment of the Estate: tracks and footprints, water, birds, marshlands, pond life, hedges and copses, timber-framing and cobbing, waste products and recycling, river life, biodiversity. Until the 1950s farms were largely self-sufficient: they produced practically everything that was needed for the life of their inhabitants. We faithfully preserve the memory of these skills and we offer the general public (from the age of 2) workshops where farm products are made and transformed. | | |
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of the farm to discover the animals in their own environment. From age 2 | |
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| Dairy workshop | | Manual milking of a quiet and gentle cow; manufacture of cream with an old-fashioned creamer, churning to make butter and curdling of milk for manufacturing both soft and matured cheeses. | | |
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Length of workshops : 1 h. Cost : 5 € Good rates for full days and stays. Country tea : 4,50 € Carriage ride : Contact us | |
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Wool workshop | After sheep-shearing (May-June), we present the traditional skills of working with this precious natural fibre. We work "from the sheep to the cloth": washing the fleece, carding, spinning, dyeing and weaving, with professional teaching materials. | | |
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Bakery workshop | By the warmth of our wood-fired bread oven in winter, we prepare and bake traditional leavened bread (at least 2 hours are required). | | |
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Kitchen garden workshop | Whatever the season, there's work to be done in the kitchen garden: preparing the soil, planting, weeding, harvesting. And preparing good soup together. | | |
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Harnessing workshop | Take a ride in the country in a carriage, after having groomed and prepared our Percheron horses, or the donkeys or ponies, depending on the ages of our public. | | |
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Short circuit (20 minutes) around the lake; 1 hour trip going through the delightful village of Pierrefitte; or a half-day outing with a stop for a picnic in the forest. | | |
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Feeding workshop | and animal care under the supervision of the farmer or his assistant to water, feed and look after the good health of the animals. Also egg collection and fruit picking when in season. | | |
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Tea with local products is possible, proposed from 4,50 €. | |
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