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Ive always wanted to try decoupage but I just hadn’t been inspired about what to do it on and what to do it with. Until now. As with many second children, Baby G’s bedroom is smaller than his big sister’s but I still wanted him to have a book case. So I found this one,…
Farming families love to watch programmes about other farmers, well we do anyway. Everything stops for Country File and I mean everything. However, despite farmers loving everything about their trade, it may be true that the general public isn’t always as enthusiastic. Well, that is until a television company recruited celebrities to herd sheep. That’s…
If you follow me on social media, I am sorry. This past week has been largely dominated by poultry. I am a farmer’s wife so I am sure you expect some sort of farming blogging but, I admit it. This week has been extreme. Total poultry-porn has been occurring. I bought two hens a couple…
The schools may have only just broken up for the holidays and you may still be thinking about where to go on your summer break but some people are starting their preparations for Christmas. This week, Baby G and I went to meet Paul McAvoy, a small holder and turkey farmer from Crouchley Hall Farm…
It’s been a while. Probably a year in fact since we last had chickens. We’ve had them off and on since we moved to the farm but, as I’ve told you before, Mr Fox paid us a few visits and then when I got pregnant with Baby G, Hubster sold them because, and I quote,…
Farm living. There isn’t week that goes by without someone telling me that they wished they lived on a farm. I know we are lucky. There have been times I’ve pushed the baby around the fields in my nightie as no one can see. Like everything though, living on a farm does have its bad…
Have you ever been so enthusiastic about something that you have no idea how to go about telling people about it justly? Last week, I went along to the Mornflake factory in Crewe for their #MornflakeSeedToBowlEvent. Since then, I have been worrying about how to write up my experiences because there is a lot riding…
Farm fashion. It’s a bit of an oximoron isn’t it? I would have thought so too but I love clothes and there are few coveted items that have been on my wish list for ages. A while back, I wrote this post and……. I am pleased to tell you, I am on my way to…
Yesterday was my favourite day if the farming year. Sheep shearing. The actual technical side of the day was unchanged from last year so if you want to read about that, you can here. The differences this year were obviously out new addition, our little farm baby who had some milk, looked at the…
It’s been the start of hay making at the farm this week. We had a dry spell so the first field of grass has been cut. Hay is what feeds animals during the winter-usually horses and sheep. This week it was actually haylage which was made-a cross between hay and silage. Silage is what cows…