Dear Mr Fox, You have visited us too many times over the past few years. We have spent hundreds of pounds on birds that have either ended up in your horrible stomach or left dead in the coop and the field. I have cried many, many tears over the carnage you have left and…
So you’d think the fact that we live on a farm would mean we have enough animals to keep us amused, wouldn’t you? Well that is true but when it comes to the more exotic kind of beast, I’m pretty sure the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) don’t allow even the likes of…
I think we’ve all become numb to the news of various high street retailers going bust. I suppose Woolworths was one of the first big names in the British retail industry to go and a large number of others have followed. These big high street names just can’t compete with online shopping and, the ever-encroaching…
A lot of people ask me what it’s like to be a farmer’s wife. It is a very different life to what I was used to before. I can’t speak for all farmer’s wives as I suppose everyone is different but I thought I’d explain what happens in our world. My husband gets up and…
All children develop at different times. I remember stressing over my daughter crawling and walking. As a shoe-fanatic myself, I was simply dying to get Boo her first pair of shoes. Fast forward over a year and boy am I regretting being so eager. As she was a late walker however, I have faired better…
I am ashamed to say that I watched Celebrity Big Brother last night. It was on Channel 5 at 9pm-prime time viewing for older children and all I can say is, I am glad that my child is too young to watch it. Three of the contestants-one man and two women were cavorting in a…
We went to a kids party yesterday. As Boo is nearly three, we are still at the stage of me going with her. We have been to countless parties since she has been born and it is just a minefield of party etiquette which no-one ever tells you about. As party goers, it’s the mothers…
XXX WARNING CONTAINS GRAFFIC IMAGES OF FIELDS AND TRACTORS Did you expect pictures of scantily clad women in bikinis leaning against tractors? Sorry to disappoint. While I can’t promise that farmers don’t look at this type of porn, farmer porn is anything but naked unless you class a field without crops or an animal without…
New year is a time to look back at the last year and look forward to the next. It is the same for everyone I suppose. A natural reflecting process. On a farm it is a case of taking stock of births and deaths but then I suppose other people do that too but hopefully…
Being a parent can sometimes feel isolating. You can loose touch with what is going on in your friend’s worlds let alone the world at large. When they are very young especially, your life revolves around feeds and changing and you get obsessed with sleep, toilet habits and whether they’re warm/cool enough. Now my Boo…