I am really pleased that the Queen’s speech has announced that supermarkets will have to start charging customers 5p for plastic bags to help reduce waste. As a society, I do think we rely far too heavily on plastic. Living on a farm, we are on the receiving end of plastic bag recklessness a lot of … [Read more…]
As soon as I found out Sooty was touring, I booked tickets. We are such big fans of him, I just couldn’t miss it. I booked the tickets back in December and managed to get us front row seats. I always loved Sooty when I was young and my mum took me to see him … [Read more…]
We are coming to the end of National Vegetarian Week (May 19th-25th). You would automatically think that vegetarianism and living on a livestock farm would not marry right? Wrong. *Whispers to the farming community: I have been vegetarian for 23 years. Yes you heard it right. In those 23 years, I have had one drunken … [Read more…]
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring. Alarm goes off. Leap drag myself out of bed. I’ve been up 16 times in the night. Putting Boo’s dummy back in. It’s not fallen out of bed. It’s resting on her chin. Tick tock. Frolic drag my feet downstairs. Let dog out. Put kettle on. Make juice. Take juice and coffee upstairs. Put … [Read more…]
I started #100happydays back in January and, a week in, I wrote a blog post because I was struggling with what made me happy. Back then, some lovely people commented on the post and they really made me think differently about the challenge. #100happydays was not about big gestures. For me, it was about the little things … [Read more…]
My word of the week this week is… (new) I have had a blog redesign this week including a professional photo shoot-get me! I have never had photos taken professionally-except for my wedding but I don’t think they count because you don’t pose as such. So recently I decided to have my blog redesigned. I’d done … [Read more…]
As a farmer’s wife, I cook three meals a day for the family, farm workers and who ever else turns up. As any partner of a manual worker will tell you, beans on toast just won’t cut it. I also bake cakes as a little business on the side so an improvement in the taste … [Read more…]
So we’ve nearly completed two days of the Organix No Junk Challenge. It has gone okay. I say okay because it could have been better. Day one, Boo had a wheat biscuit for breakfast. I have written about this before because despite all brands of wheat biscuits not tasting in the least bit sweet, they … [Read more…]
I’ve written before about my love of books and how I want to pass this trait on to Boo. We joined our local library about a year ago. Even I was impressed. The people who work there are amazing. They love books too and, when they got to know me and what I liked reading, … [Read more…]
Well it is all very exciting at the farm this week. For once, it is not about the animals or our escapades. Next Sunday-4th May, I will be leaving the farm for the day. That’s right-a whole day away. I am attending my first, ever, blogger conference which will be hosted at the Museum of Science and … [Read more…]
