It’s been a funny old month for the siblings. Mainly because my daughter was off on half term for one week and then the boys were off the week after. While it meant that I got some lovely one-on-one time with my eldest, it also meant the siblings didn’t get a week together. On the…
It’s no secret that having a baby is expensive, but a lot of parents are still shocked by how much it costs. You need to buy all of their nappies, food, clothes, toys, prams, cots and all sorts of other things that you probably never thought of. Worrying about money is the last thing you…
Expanding your homestead is going to take quite a bit of money. After all, you’ve got a lot of things to invest in here, and it might take a while for you to really get that expansion project going. However, working out ahead of time what you can afford and when you’ll be able to…
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not one for wrapping kids up in cotton wool or stopping them from rolling around in the mud from time to time. Instead, I think a bit of dirt from getting out and exploring the world is a good thing. At the same time, however, my kids are very…
There are a lot of things that you should be looking into when it comes to improving your homestead and making positive decisions for the future right now. Being able to work on your property and improve it is integral to developing a happier, healthier, and more enjoyable place to live, and this is…
As a farmer’s wife, it interests me to find different methods of farming including sharing tips about the industry itself. However, with changes being made to the world, organic farming is becoming more and more popular. This post will take a look at some of the changes that can be made and the scientific impacts it can have…
As a parent, you need to make sure you’re covering a lot of areas in your quest to raise the healthiest and happiest child possible. Their physical, mental, and social health are all of vital importance, so you need to be switched on an awful lot of the time. While each aspect of life is…
I am a little later than usual with this month’s siblings roundup. The reason being that now they are pulled in different directions of the two schools and nursery, it makes it harder to get a photo of the three of them. Two I seem to manage and I did wonder whether this was the…
Image Pixabay CC0 License Becoming a parent is one of the best experiences in the world, but there is no doubt that it is also one of the toughest. Trying to bring up your kids in the right way is a big challenge. Life in the digital age brings its own issues for parents,…
So, ages ago I wrote a post about farming being similar to royalty. It was a tongue-in-cheek piece about heirs and inheritance. Lately though I’ve been thinking of it more seriously. I imagine in most farming families, there are eager children who are desperate to become ‘the farmer’. Do their own thing, explore new ideas,…