Hot on the heels of my last vegetable post, I am in full throttle. Well, in my head anyway. The planning stage is still underway and, as I follow a lot of allotment growers and smallholders on social media, I thought who better to ask for advice. So I asked them what would be their … [Read more…]
It’s too expensive. It’s not safe. You’ll be homesick all the time. You’ll get lost. It’s not the right time. What about your job? You don’t speak the language. What if you don’t make any friends? What if you loose your passport? Believe it or not, these are some of the most common excuses we … [Read more…]
It doesn’t matter if you’re new to investing or an old hand at it, you can still think seriously about buying gold. Of course, you can buy your gold through an exchange-traded fund, or via stocks, but increasingly people are choosing to buy physical gold, or bullion, instead. Bullion isn’t such an old-fashioned idea as … [Read more…]
If 2017 saw a lot of changes on the farm, 2018 certainly matched it. The pet front especially had been changed beyond all recognition. Rocher the farm cat is a constant. She earns her keep by mousing. Sometimes successfully, sometimes I doubt her and send the dog out. The most hilarious thing happened with her … [Read more…]
I may be a farmer’s wife but a lot of this Good Life stuff doesn’t come completely naturally to me. Last summer when I endeavoured to grow some flowers and vegetables, I was a but disgruntled with how hard it was and that some of the fails were actually out of my hands. Not to … [Read more…]
Everyone is doing New Year goal lists at the moment. I suppose it is to be expected at this time of year. I never usually do them. They are just not my thing but this year I feel like I should. You see this year, I will be turning 40. I cannot believe it. I … [Read more…]
When thinking about this post, I looked back at last year’s Year in Review, 2018 doesn’t seem as dramatic at all. No new babies, no hospital stays for our immediate family and we end the year with just as many family members as we started with so I think I can safely say it has … [Read more…]
I have had some really popular blog posts this year. There are still some from other years which produce a lot of traffic but you know I love writing so I thought it only right that I share my most popular posts of the year. My monthly Women on Farming feature has been very well … [Read more…]
I set myself a target at the beginning of the year to read 12 books. A book a month. It didn’t seem like a huge task but, with three children, the farm and the blog, by August, I was only on five and wondered if 12 could be reached at all. Thankfully I got my … [Read more…]
I’d say December is one of the quietest months on the farm. The rams are still with the ladies. Most of the ewes will have been serviced by now but we leave the rams just in case there are some missed. Winter has definitely arrived so I have dusted off all of the bird feeders … [Read more…]
