Every country lady or farmer needs a pair of boots suitable for the autumn/winter. Just because they need to be practical-warm, skid proof and sturdy, doesn’t mean they can’t be stylish. For the last few weeks I have been putting the Hotter Sandringham knee high boots though their paces around the farm. Coming in four…
Knitting is possibly one of the oldest crafts in the world. Indeed, the oldest knitted items are socks found in Egypt from the 11th century. With a technique so old, you would think there weren’t many new ideas with wool. Well, you’d be wrong. The latest craze is extreme knitting which uses massive needles and…
It’s funny, each month as I start to think about what has happened to write my regular Farm Life piece, I always think nothing has happened. This month was no different. It has been dominated by one word though. Mud. There has been a lot of rain and it has turned most of the fields…
I think we are all aware of Father Christmas and how he delivers gifts on Christmas Eve. What about animals though? Who delivers to them? Farmer Clarty of course. Farmer Clarty rides a magical red tractor and delivers presents to all of the animals on the farm. Every animal-even the rats and the mice. Written…
I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages but things got in the way. Over the summer, there were big changes in the chicken shed. We had an old coop which has been used for many things over the years including chickens. The chicks I had purchased were fully grown but then the battery…
October has been a funny old month for the siblings. School and getting to school has dominated and while the little time they have had together at evenings and weekend has been precious, there just hasn’t been enough of it. We did make the most of what we thought would be the last nice day…
After school is a funny time at the farm. I go and pick one of them up from school at 3pm and the eldest comes back on a bus at 4pm. They are always starving. Finding them something which is tasty, nutritious but will not fill them too much for eating their dinner is a…
Farms can be scary places-especially at night when everything is deathly quiet and you can hear the rustling of a sheep in a darkened shed or maybe it is something else. As ever, I like to find the farm-link with everything so I have put y thinking cap on to come up with some farm…
Grandparents often play a big part in the lives of their children and grandchildren. You only have to read the news to see the amount of grandparents who look after their grandchildren to enable their children to go to work. Whether your parents help with childcare or not, you can show them how much you…