As the days are getting shorter and the temperatures are dropping, it’s time to prepare your home for winter, and it’s a top priority right now. The right combination of efficiency, comfort and style will make all the difference when the cold weather really does set in. Whether you’re lighting a fire or upgrading your…
Whether you’re keeping chickens for the first time or upgrading your current setup, a well-designed coop should provide everything your flock needs to stay happy, healthy, and safe. It’s more than just a place to stretch their legs—it’s their home. Your coop should offer a warm and comfortable space to roost and lay eggs, an…
For those living in rural parts of the UK, heating oil tanks are a familiar sight. These storage containers provide a reliable fuel source for home heating systems, but they aren’t exactly the most attractive feature in a garden. If you take pride in your outdoor space, you may be looking for ways to blend…
Running a farm is hard work. Even when you’re doing it without any employees or hands on deck, you still shouldn’t be doing it alone. The right choice of professional partners can help you keep things ticking along and avoid all kinds of costly and even potentially dangerous issues. Here are some of those that…
When you think of problem solvers, your mind might jump to engineers, scientists, or even tech experts, but what about farmers? The fact is that they’ve been solving problems long before there was technology to help them, and well before there were consultants to lend a hand, so the truth is that farmers are actually…
Country Girl at Heart by Lorna Sixsmith is a joyous and wholesome romantic comedy set un rural Ireland. Protagonist Kelly (although some would say Becky the goat is a contender), leaves London broken hearted to help out on her aunt and uncle’s family farm where she is thrown in at the deep end with animals,…
As a keen cook, I often like to get the children invoked in either baking or cooking. Many parents (me included) seem to stick to cake making and sweet treats but in a bid to lower our sugar intake, I have decided to try and cook more savoury dishes with them. I decided to come…
I’ve just been rounding up sheep with the farmer. We are bringing them into the barn for lambing. There is a public footpath adjacent to where one our fields is and there was a couple walking a dog which wasn’t on the lead. I told the farmer to wind his window down and tell them….
I got my first two hens, Daphne and Pearl, for Christmas 2012. From those two feathered ladies, I have had hundreds of birds since. Having learnt my lesson after fox attacks and other foolish newly errors, I think it is safe to say that I am thoroughly addicted to hens. I even get targeted on…
Male farmers are notoriously hard to buy for. Regular birthdays and Christmases are hard enough but the extra pressure of there being a zero on the end makes it even worse. For my husband’s 40th, I got him a nice watch. Nothing too expensive but nice. You know what I mean. I think he wore…