Find about our life on the farm
I’ve been thinking about a farming series for ages but just couldn’t put my finger on what I actually wanted to do. Then it hit me. Women in Farming. Each month, I will be interviewing and featuring a different woman and finding out what makes her tick on the farm. Was she born into it? … [Read more…]
Just before Christmas, there was a tiny news report on the television reporting an outbreak of avian flu. If you blinked, you missed it. Unfortunately for poultry across the UK, the result was very misleading advice from Defra about what poetry keepers should do. Their chief vet imposed a restriction on birds and suggested keepers … [Read more…]
Last year I wrote an animal inventory and I thought it would be fun to carry on the tradition. I had thought not much had changed until I read last year’s post and it seems we have been very busy on the animal front while there has also been some deaths. The three farm … [Read more…]
This year, I’ve decided to choose my ultimate favourite items from this year, group them together and put them in one place for your viewing delight. For Babies My ideas for babies are on the practical side but they are amazing none the less. While my video review for the Brother Max 6-in-1 thermometer may … [Read more…]
The weather has turned and it is now time to think of readying our many animals for the cold and dark winter. Here are some of the things we do. 1.Get coats. Many young animals would benefit from a coat. I’ve seen calf coats for sale at the back of the farming papers. I … [Read more…]
If there is one thing you can never go wrong with in terms of toys with my children, it’s ones related to the farm. Tractors, animals, tractors, animals. They just love it all. Having already reviewed a tractor toy for Farm Toys Online when he was a baby, G takes said vehicle with him everywhere. … [Read more…]
Another season and another change on the farm. The rams have gone off romancing the ladies. We sent the new Suffolk rams off earlier which I said would be a good idea. Until they had already gone and started and I remembered about a certain #farmbaby2017 being due three weeks before. Oops. They had a … [Read more…]
Farms and mud. It comes with the territory. Part of the job description. Boo isn’t too bad. Her little brother on the other hand is like a magnet for all things dirt. I think he was nine months old when he first got diesel on something and the situation hasn’t improved. Sick of trying to … [Read more…]
We love picnics at the farm. There is something about eating al fresco that is exciting-even for me so the children absolutely love it. We don’t let a little thing like autumn or winter get in the way of our picnics though. We make sure we pack a plastic-backed picnic blanket to ensure there are … [Read more…]
After reading the Yorkshire Shepherdess’s two books, it seems I have developed a new love of reading about the lives of other women in farming. What can I say? It gives me a break from Tudor history-altough I have just finished Philippa Gregory’s Three Sisters Three Queens. I digress. I saw that Farmer’s Weekly columnist, … [Read more…]
