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Paternity leave has been in the news this week. Mumsnet released the results of a survey which said more than a third of new fathers take annual leave because the statutory paternity pay is too low. I understand, when statutory maternity pay itself is so low, it must be really difficult to make ends meet…
One of the great things about having so many animals on the farm is that nothing gets wasted. Left over meat goes to the farm dogs and cats. Vegetable peelings go to the rabbits. This week however, I have been ashamed. My mum picked Boo up from nursery on Monday when I was at work…
I recently saw a delicious looking soup in a sandwich shop. Christmas soup. I was really excited about it but imagined it would have turkey in it. It didn’t, it had ham so I still couldn’t have it (remember the vegetarian farmer’s wife). So I decided I wasn’t about to miss out and made it…
If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook, last week you will not have missed that my beloved dog, Rosie got spayed. She is seven and had a litter of puppies when she was two. We never planned to let her have more as she is too precious to me-what if something went wrong?…
I’ve never hidden the fact that I love, love, love Christmas so, I have decided I want to get involved with everyone else’s Christmas festivities too. Tinsel Tuesdays will run every Tuesday starting this week-November 11th and will run every week until January 6th-the official date the decorations have to come down. So get your…
I haven’t written about ‘proper’ farming for a while. I suppose #farmbaby2015 has overtaken what I’ve got to tell you about but that all changed yesterday as love was in the air at the farm. The rams went to spend a few months with the ewes (lady sheep) for love, companionship and maybe definitely more….
My word of the week this week is: It is terrible because of one terrible day. Wednesday. They say bad luck comes in threes but it was four for me on Wednesday. Rosie, my beloved, love of my life dog was spayed. Not a big deal to most people but pregnancy hormones along with…
Like any normal family, we don’t like to do anything normal so this year, we had our bonfire night on November 4th instead of the 5th. Maybe Guy Fawkes had planned to do it a day early himself but couldn’t gather enough gunpowder. We did consider fire works but with animals and a sensitive daughter,…
I am still uneasy with Halloween. My post last year about not being comfortable about the begging aspect of trick or treat explains why but there are activities out there that don’t involve any trick or treating and we took part in one this weekend. I wrote in the summer about or local pick-your-own farm, Kenyon…
Christmas. The season on good will to all men and deception of your husband. Oh yes. I am already trying to get away with buying (more) Christmas tat. Without wanting to bore you to tears, I to a discount warehouse near where we live for things like toilet roll and kitchen roll. It is really…
