Ahhhh the farming family. Kids running around, the mother baking. The father farming. Everyone helping. Idyllic isn’t it? It really is. However it is also hard. I try not to go to much into this side of it but for the sake of any other farmer’s wives who read my blog, I think it is … [Read more…]
As a mother, I feel as if I spend my whole life trying to make my family happy. If they are happy, I am happy and one of the best ways to make them happy is to cook nice meals that they enjoy to eat. The way to a man’s heart may well be through … [Read more…]
Living in a rural location can be both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, you have an unparalleled level of privacy, a constant reminder of the beauty of nature, and an escape from the human zoo of urban living; however, not everything is idyllic as one may first assume if you lived in … [Read more…]
A while ago, I wrote a piece called How to get Your Partner to Say Yes to Goats. It was a mounted campaign and I was very pleased with myself when Hubster eventually said yes. I now want a Labrador but Hubster is being a lit more difficult to persuade than he was about the … [Read more…]
When shopping for a male animal-like a ram or a bull, one of the first things you do is grab hold of their testicles to check they are both there, they are the correct size and that they feel right. That grabbed your attention, didn’t it? We have a testicle MOT picture on the wall … [Read more…]
Clare Hall is a farmers wife living in Buckinghamshire. She met her farmer four years ago completely by chance when she was moving out of a rented farmhouse. He was moving in and they met on her last day when, she says she was in her ‘cleaning clothes’ and (her words) looked dreadful when a … [Read more…]
Last year I wrote about the annual cycle of a sheep farming family and you would think that everything is the same one year on, wouldn’t you? The beauty of farming though is that no two days are alike, let alone years and, whether you see it as a good thing or not, I am … [Read more…]
I love having a nosey into other people’s homes. I can’t imagine anyone not wanting to have a snoop. If there is one place in most homes which says a lot about a person though, it is the kitchen table. You eat, drink and be merry around the kitchen table and it really is the … [Read more…]
There. I’ve said it. Animas-anything to do with the animals, I love. Field work, not so much. The problem is, if you have animals, you have to put in the field work to feed them. This year has seemed the hardest yet. Having a small baby is hard at the best of times but he … [Read more…]
There comes a time in every nanny goat’s life when they have to look for a partner. It’s a big step. Not just any old Billy will do. How big is he? What colour is he? Is he friendly? Is he proven? The last few weeks here has honestly been like Tinder for goats. I … [Read more…]
