Kent County Show (part two)

Well I survived the Kent County Show. One poor chap almost didn’t as his parachute partially failed. Very nasty – what the hell were they thinking, letting them jump in those winds on top of the Downs?

Anyway – the show – er yes, an outside mall – true. Although I appreciate that County Shows are a great opportunity for small businesses to raise awareness of their wares, I personally feel that a county show should showcase the best that the county has to offer. The food tent for example – where were the gorgeous food from “Produced in Kent“? Over with the cows at the showring…. hum….

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Kent County Show

So we are off to the County Show tomorrow (think happy weather thoughts!).

Sean is working in the Eco Village and I am a regular punter. Last year I went and had a great time, there were beautiful handcrafts and producers. This is one of the things I am going to find hard – not being able to support local business.

However, traditional members of the farming community have been complaining that the show is just for shopping now, and has forgot its agricultural roots. Well, being able to buy nothing, this is what I will be enjoying – the show as a show, not an outside shopping mall.

There is much excitement however, as Wye Community Farm has two cows which are being shown in the Young Farmers livestock area by Sian. Kalamar the cow is a member of the Wye Community Farm’s herd of British White cattle. The photo shows Kalamar setting off to the show this morning.

- Tammy

Making an ewe-turn

Unloading the lambs into their new home

Unloading the lambs into their new home

This morning I was using the Landy for something that a Toyota Prius can’t do – move 40 ewes & lambs. I know as an environmentalist I’m not supposed to have a 4×4, but for once I’ve actually been doing something useful with it.

These are the Wye Community Farm stock that we’ve been grazing on one small paddock and we moved them over to another one before the grass ran out.

Not really much to do with us not buying new things other than it’s been really amazing being involved in a bit of part-time farming, to get an idea of where our food comes from and our much time and effort is involved.

- Sean