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Many farmers worry about keeping their business afloat. After all, while farming is crucial in sustaining a community, it must sustain your family too. Farming might be your passion of yours, but it doubles up as a home and a company. Without your farm, you wouldn’t have any food on the table or a roof … [Read more…]
Spending time in my garden with my family is always a great and rewarding experience but it’s also a wonderful way to save and make money if you decide to. There are many ways you can turn your outdoor space into a profitable business. No matter the size of your garden, there’s always an option. … [Read more…]
I realise November seems a little early to start with the review of the year posts but in terms of gardening and growing veg, I think it is fair to say that my 2019 planting is over. I have learnt so much this year, probably more than last year and my plans were much more … [Read more…]
I love the idea of Advent calendars that contain little toys. They are a little bit different and last longer than the chocolate variety. When my daughter was about three, I got her a Happyland advent calendar and it was lovely. As my child head count when from one to two and then three, my … [Read more…]
When I was about 18, I got a job in my friends clothes shop in the village where I lived. The first t time I went in, her little chihuahua came running from her little bed behind the counter to greet me and I instantly fell in love. Bell was such a lovely dog. She … [Read more…]
It’s funny, each month as I start to think about what has happened to write my regular Farm Life piece, I always think nothing has happened. This month was no different. It has been dominated by one word though. Mud. There has been a lot of rain and it has turned most of the fields … [Read more…]
I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages but things got in the way. Over the summer, there were big changes in the chicken shed. We had an old coop which has been used for many things over the years including chickens. The chicks I had purchased were fully grown but then the battery … [Read more…]
Farms can be scary places-especially at night when everything is deathly quiet and you can hear the rustling of a sheep in a darkened shed or maybe it is something else. As ever, I like to find the farm-link with everything so I have put y thinking cap on to come up with some farm … [Read more…]
I have experienced a few kiddings since owning Pygmy goats so I thought I would share with you some signs that your goat is either about to go into labour or is actively labouring. If you have experience in sheep, the signs are not dissimilar but it is a good idea to get to know … [Read more…]
Dates are not my strong point. I have turned up for many appointments and activities either a week or day early or two weeks late. It therefore comes to no surprise that I worked out the dates of the goat pregnancies wrong. Goats are pregnant for 150 days. The billy goat arrived on April 20 … [Read more…]
