Mud. Its brown and muddy, right? Well I suppose that is correct but it is only on a farm where you can categorise it into different types. I was thinking about the different types recently and giggling to myself so I thought I would share some with you. Forget 50 shades of Grey. This is … [Read more…]
Every day is different at the farm and it is this which I really love about living here. A man has come metal detecting for years-long before I came here and I love listening to his stories of what he has found. Recently, he came and asked if he could look in the front field-the … [Read more…]
I am not the tidiest person you will ever meet. I have always had little piles of stuff dotted around. It used to drive my mum mad when I lived at home. Now with a large farmhouse and three children, there are times that I struggle. I don’t ever say I am perfect at anything … [Read more…]
I have been following Maura McElhone for a while on Twitter and her blog, Falling for a Farmer and I love reading her blog posts. She has a lovely way with words and, when I found out she was having her first book published, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Due to … [Read more…]
Growing up on a farm is a wonderful life and I feel very lucky that my children have this opportunity. Having not grown up on a farm myself, some of the things that happen surprise me. There are certain instances when you can’t help but know they are farm kids and often, they only happen … [Read more…]
I actually feel a tiny bit smug about my siblings post his month. Not because it is school holidays but because, for possibly the first time ever, I have got more than one photo of them all looking. I know. Go me. It is probably a fluke but I am going with it for this … [Read more…]
Where there is livestock, there’s dead stock. Most farmers and there families are familiar with this saying. For other people though, it can come as a shock that animals die. I can’t actually believe this but it is true. Sheep in particular have some kind of inbred gene that just makes them want to die. … [Read more…]
I’ve been wanting new animals for ages. My petting area resembles Noah’s Ark with two of everything. Well, four goats actually but who is counting? I was hoping for alpacas or donkeys so obviously I went out one day and got two piglets. I didn’t really think about it (always the best way if you … [Read more…]
I don’t know whether I should have written this post first. I feel like I’ve sucked you in with the desire to keep hens but not I am going to tell you all the bad points. Sorry. I feel I have to tell you though, it would be silly of me not to tell you … [Read more…]
When G was about 15 months old, we had just adopted chicks which had hatched at Boo’s school and I took a load of photographs of them in front of the lambing shed. Most of the pictures were wonderful and I have this one blown up as a massive canvas on my living room wall. … [Read more…]
