Find about our life on the farm
I first came across Rebecca Scott, on Twitter because her farm business is about ten miles aways from me. The farming community is a small one and the name Snoutwood TrottersSnoutwood Trotters kept popping up. I had arranged to go and meet the pigs myself but always having my entourage of three small children who … [Read more…]
The blogging world has become a bit seasonal in the last couple of years. I suppose it always was in terms of written content but recently, with the growth of Instagram, we are all about the seasonal photo. Our children in cute reindeer and penguin outfits at Christmas-carefully posed in front of alpine fir trees … [Read more…]
Anything vehicle is always a hit with my little farmer. We have been chosen to be BigJigs Play Patrol bloggers this year and I am not going to lie. We had our eye on the Bigjigs farm play set. Imagine our delight when it was that which arrived in the post. From experience, I waited … [Read more…]
Are you on the dreaded hunt to find that perfect gift for the hardworking farmer? You want to surprise him with something original, thoughtful and practical to fit in with his day-to-day needs but you aren’t quite sure where to start. We get it, it’s not easy shopping for a man’s man, a farmer, a workhorse … [Read more…]
So you want to meet a farmer? Well good luck with that. I have been with my farmer for over ten years now, married for half of that time and I have been asked quite a bit how we met. I think people think there should have been some really farm story-you know, my car … [Read more…]
Over the Christmas period, I had a look over some of my old blog posts. It actually made for interesting reading, for me. Remembering activities I had forgotten we did and seeing how our lives and the farm has changed. One post that stuck in my head though was my post: My Life as a … [Read more…]
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about plans. Animal plans. Now I am a firm believer that of you reveal plans, they may not happen. Therefore, the following list is not a plan. It is a wishlist. Which animals would I like on the farm? A pet sheep. I know. I know. The death … [Read more…]
Anything farm is always a hit here. Obviously. So anything farm-inspired for the baby or any of the children for that matter, is also a win. For the purposes of this blog post however, I am going to focus on farm inspired clothing for babies and toddlers. The SS17 collection at Mothercare has lots of … [Read more…]
We love British food here and ae keen to champion all food types and producers for the bigger picture of supporting British farms and farmers so when British Leeks got in contact to help promote the humble leek, I couldn’t say no. We actually tried a recipe from their brilliant, ideas filled recipes a couple … [Read more…]
Professor Chris Elliott will call for a new approach to food production and highlight the urgent need for people to reconnect with their food, when he delivers The City Food Lecture 2017. The professor of food safety, and founder of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast will discuss the question: ‘Does … [Read more…]
