Hens are amazing and funny creatures and, in my five years of keeping them, they have provided me with no end of amusement and entertainment. I have decided to write a bit of a guide to tell everyone about some things, you may not realise about our little, feathered friends. A chick takes about 21 … [Read more…]
We love homewares at the farm and, if there is a farm theme, it is not only essential, it is usually much coveted too. When Quirky Cows got in touch to see if I would like to review some of their delightful pieces, I admit it, I squealed in delight. Set up by Sharron Russell … [Read more…]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about other people’s kitchen tables. Today, I am telling you all about ours. My table was pictured in the last post. Did you spot it? Did you guess? When we moved to the farm, we had lived in a terraced house and had a lovely little table but, … [Read more…]
The new uniform was bought and the shiny shoes slipped on for the new term. This Siblings post sees our summer holidays over and a new term at school. There are two siblings still at home but they have both missed the boss this last week. You wouldn’t think just one child missing would cause … [Read more…]
Ever wondered what life is like as a farmer? Then this Thursday, August 10th, 2017 is your chance to find out. The newspaper and community at Farmer’s Guardian is hosting their annual #Farm24 day which allows everyone involved in farming to use social media to reach out to the general public and tell the world why … [Read more…]
Living where we do, our children learn from a very young age that we need to be kind to animals. As soon as they can walk, I have encouraged my children to go and get our dog’s food out of the cupboard and stroke her gently. As they get older, we feed the farm animals … [Read more…]
Living on the farm, we are used to creatures great and small. Hubster often jokes that even our garden is a hive of activity. From the farm cats who like to tease the dog, to escaped chickens, goats, ducks, even a newt. Miaow! I love our farm cat. We rehomed her because she climbed her … [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…]
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…]
