Foxbury Farm`s Christmas Delights

The Wychwood December/January 2009/10 Vol30No5
Foxbury Farm’s Christmas Delights
Foxbury Farm has moved across the
farmyard, evicting last year’s sheep,
lambs and odd chicken to become your
new larger local Food Shop, still
supplied by its own farm and managed
by the same family. Our superb new
premises (with parking for over 50 cars,
plus disabled spaces and the most
luxurious farm toilets) will feature a
large butchery with an even greater
range of meat cuts, sausages and local
products. We now have both a deli and a
fresh fish counter.
As always the Foxbury team will be on
hand to answer questions and offer
advice on Christmas food and, for the
first time, you will also be able to buy
wine and beer to complement your food.
Our Christmas ‘Living’ Nativity Play
will be taking place again this year at
3:45pm on December 13th. Come
dressed as your favourite Christmas
character, king, shepherd, wise man,
angel, and take part as the story unfolds.
The date has yet to be finally confirmed
so keep an eye on our website
www.foxburyfarm.co.uk
Foxbury Farm, Burford Road,
Brize Norton, OX18 3NX
01993 867385 shop@foxburyfarm.co.uk
Wildflower Village Verges
Last year the Highways Department of
Oxfordshire County Council gave us
permission to create two wildflower
areas at the North and South entrances to
Shipton-under-Wychwood. With the help
of the Parish Council and Shipton
Volunteers, we established a small area
to the South on the A361 last autumn.
The seed seems to have taken relatively
well with meadow buttercup, field
scabious, salad burnet, cornflower and
field poppies. Some of you may have
witnessed the Shipton Volunteers digging
over the second area, opposite the
entrance to Matthews Flour Mill. That
has now also been seeded and if you're
walking that way (please watch fast
traffic!) you will see that the seed does
seem to be coming through.
Wildflower seeds are temperamental to
say the least but the small areas should
make maintenance easier and visual
sightlines have to be preserved. We hope
the ‘gateway’ effect will encourage
drivers to slow down as they enter our
community. A big ‘thank you’ to
Malcolm Cochrane and Paul Chantry.
Gwen McConnachie
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