This month has been all about #Shelfies. A selfie of a shelf in your house. I have seen some absolutely gorgeous shelves by other bloggers who are much tidier than me. Neat, beautiful shelves with everything symmetrical and in its place. Nothing hidden behind photo frames. No wires hanging down. I’m not going to lie,…
Of all the fad diets I’ve done, the ones I’ve failed miserably on are the ones which ban bread for any length of time. I just can’t do it. That lovely crusty stuff that is so versatile. Toast, sandwiches, bread and butter, soldiers, lathered in butter… I’m going to stop now before I start going…
I am really pleased that the Queen’s speech has announced that supermarkets will have to start charging customers 5p for plastic bags to help reduce waste. As a society, I do think we rely far too heavily on plastic. Living on a farm, we are on the receiving end of plastic bag recklessness a lot of…
I love Kirstie Allsopp. I enjoy watching Location Location Location but more so her Homemade Home but her recent comments on fertility made me think. If I’d had a child with the person I was with when I was 25, how different would my life be? Well, said child would now be nine. I would be…
Sheep shearing. My favourite day of the farming year. It s also one of the most tiring but it is such an exciting day and, with Boo being a bit older, it is the first we have fully taken part in. It began the night before as I prepared bread rolls (barm cakes if you’re…
As soon as I found out Sooty was touring, I booked tickets. We are such big fans of him, I just couldn’t miss it. I booked the tickets back in December and managed to get us front row seats. I always loved Sooty when I was young and my mum took me to see him…
This story could have ended so differently and believe me, if it had, I would not have been writing this post. The bunny babies have been thriving. They are getting quite big and plump and will be ready for new homes in a week or so. They may be plump but they have been able…
As the weather was so nice last week, Boo and I decided to go for a walk across the fields. I ashamedly, hadn’t walked over there for years. I suppose before, I would have had to take the pram which, if anyone has tried to push a (non-off-road) pram over fields will agree, it is…
We are coming to the end of National Vegetarian Week (May 19th-25th). You would automatically think that vegetarianism and living on a livestock farm would not marry right? Wrong. *Whispers to the farming community: I have been vegetarian for 23 years. Yes you heard it right. In those 23 years, I have had one drunken…
My Word of the Week this week is…. Despite the weather here turning to rain, the last week has been glorious. We’ve been able to play outside every day. We’ve eaten our breakfast outside. Played outside. Had the bunny babies out and taken mean photos of them in baskets and on the washing line. Boo…