Bents Garden and Home opened their nine hole Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf in 2017 and it has become a firm favourite with my family. Not least for my dinosaur-mad three year old who refers to Bents as Dinosaur Lands which I love. At just three miles away from the farm, it really is on our … [Read more…]
It’s been a month of big changes with the siblings this time. G has started nursery and Boo has moved schools. They have both taken it very well and it makes me ever so proud of them-Boo especially. This has meant that the baby has three hours a day when he is not having toys … [Read more…]
I have kept chickens for as long as I have lived at the farm. I started with two (Daphne and Pearl) and I certainly caught the chicken bug. Things haven’t always gone to plan. I’ve made mistakes and, on the whole, learnt from them. Chickens are a great pet to keep. You don’t actually need … [Read more…]
We’ve been a family of five for over a year now and I am not going to lie, at times it is crazy. Meal times are interesting. Getting everyone dressed is some kind of Olympic sport and hardly anything comes in packs of five. I love it though and, while I am by no means … [Read more…]
I am sure you all know how much I love blogging. It is my therapy. My creative outlet and a way to keep my hand in writing while my children are young. I like to champion the countryside and farming in my writing and all of the amazing people who contribute to making the community … [Read more…]
When you think of farming, I think you automatically think of arable and livestock and it is easy to forget that here in Britain, there is a thriving flower farming industry too. This month’s Women in Farming is Debbie Hutchinson and her sister Melanie who run Twisted Sister Flower Farm and Floral Design Studio. Flower … [Read more…]
The beauty of farming is that you are constantly learning. You would probably not be surprised about that. I wasn’t born into farming. However I think it is fair to say that even the farmer still learns something new-if not on a daily basis then on a weekly one. Sheep present with new problems. The … [Read more…]
Great British Beef Week is coming to an end now but the whole point of such awareness weeks is to encourage the general public to get behind the cause, find out about it in the awareness week and then carry on supporting it for the rest of the year. Great British Beef Week is a … [Read more…]
We live in a society where germs, bad weather and dirt are almost a taboo subject. Children do not play outdoors as much as I did when I was a child and the advance in 24-hour children’s TV channels and video games mean it can be a chore rather than fun tog go outside. Play … [Read more…]
With the arrival of a new royal prince, I have been thinking this week about how similar farmers and their families are to the Royal Family. On first glance, I imagine many of you are thinking what? Honestly though, stick with me. Here are 5 ways farming is like royalty. 1. Farming families. Just like … [Read more…]
