https://unsplash.com/photos/hBuwVLcYTnA Nowadays, more and more project managers are tasked with managing remote teams. Businesses are increasingly outsourcing work so that they can benefit from the best talent, irrespective of where in the world the person is based. While technology today makes this possible, there is no denying that there are unique difficulties associated with … [Read more…]
Say you’ve been homesteading, and you have gone from backyard chickens to goats or other small livestock. You have decided you like this farming thing. Now you want to take the next step and start to grow food that you can sell at a farm stand or market as a side gig or maybe even … [Read more…]
I’m a bit late with this month’s Siblings post because I have struggled knowing what day it is. I keep thinking it is the beginning of July not that we are half way through. It’s been another month of sunny days and farm picnics. Hay has been made and we have moved around the various … [Read more…]
Jeremy Clarkson’s hit show Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime has done a lot for the farming industry. His farm shop, Diddly Squat, has seen the surrounding roads in Chipping Norton gridlocked as shoppers scrambled to visit. On the programme itself, when it first opened, the shop only really had potatoes at first and the crowds … [Read more…]
Summer seems to have finally arrived at the farm and the children have certainly been celebrating and making the most of it. Paddling pools, ice lollies and lots of outdoor playing has been wonderful them (and the drying of washing equally wonderful for me). One of the biggest bits of news this month is our … [Read more…]
Are you expecting? If so, then it’s important to take all the right steps now and ensure that you do have all the things that you need to be taken care of. Here are some of the key points to keep in mind when you are planning for your little one to arrive into the … [Read more…]
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, I think it is fair to say that those of us with access to outdoors space embraced gardening like never before. With the amount of gardening programmes now gracing our television screens a year on, I don’t think this is going to diminish any time soon. I admit … [Read more…]
Looking back at photos from the last month, it doesn’t feel like much has happened at all. We’ve just been plodding along with life. The first half of the month saw it feel very spring-like and we got outside a lot. The boys enjoyed going off with Daddy climbing trees and generally playing outside at … [Read more…]
Spring time is lovely with the lighter nights and warmer days. If you keep chickens, you will know that these factors make for a very full egg basket. We sometimes get 14 a day and, with my menagerie of chicks growing fast, that number is set to multiply quite soon. What can you do with … [Read more…]
Photo by Elijah O’Donnell from Pexels If you’re starting to get into farming and raising your own livestock, you might be wondering what type of animals are the best and easiest to keep for a beginner. The first place to look into is the needs of each breed and type of animal. … [Read more…]
