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How To Keep Your Animals Warm In Winter

February 6, 2021 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Do you keep animals on a small holding or farm? They could be horses, sheep, goats, pigs, or cattle. Sometimes it’s easy to think that these animals have natural protection for the weather and will be fine during the colder months. They do have some protection, but like you and me they need extra layers when … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animals, farming, snow, Weather, winter

Can You Afford To Expand Your Homestead?

November 13, 2020 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animals, farm diversification, farming, finance, homesteading

Danger Time At The Farm

March 8, 2020 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

This winter seems to have gone on forever and I have felt it more so than ever before. My hands have been freezing. Gloves aren’t always an option if you are doing anthing with animals and the children have used them in their playing anyway so I can only have one. I have taken to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animal buying, animals, chickens, farming, Spring

Improving Your Farm With A Diet Feeder

February 12, 2019 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Nowadays, agriculture is an industry that is extremely machine intensive. From tractors, to cultivators, to fertiliser spreaders, to harvesters, to threshers – the list goes on and on. When you consider the array of machines that are available in the present day, you see why it is so important to think about every purchase carefully. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animal feed, animals, farm animals, farming, forage

What Do You Need When You Get a Puppy

February 4, 2019 by farmerswifeandmummy 1 Comment

Puppies are something we know a lot about. There has been many, many puppies at the farm. Either purchased or born from one of our dogs, many tiny paws have passed through our lives. It wasn’t until Freddie Todd came into our lives though that I started thinking about what you actually need when you … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animals, dogs, parenting, pets, puppies

Our Animal Inventory 2018

January 7, 2019 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

If 2017 saw a lot of changes on the farm, 2018 certainly matched it. The pet front especially had been changed beyond all recognition. Rocher the farm cat is a constant. She earns her keep by mousing. Sometimes successfully, sometimes I doubt her and send the dog out. The most hilarious thing happened with her … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animal inventory, animals, farm animals, pets, year in review

Capture Your Pet in Time with a 3D Statue by Arty Lobster

October 22, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

I think most people have an animal that they have loved with all of there being. Whether it is a dog or cat, a horse or even a farm animal, there has got to be one that has infiltrated your soul. For me it is Rosie the dog but, (sorry Rosie) there have been others … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Lifestyle Tagged: animals, dogs, pet memorial, pets, rosie

Alternative Career Opportunities for Veterinary Scientists

October 2, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Although you may have graduated and are qualified to work as a veterinary scientist, it’s worth remembering that your degree can also open many alternative career paths for you. Gaining entry to veterinary school is increasingly difficult, let alone all of the work that you need to put in if you want a good pass … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animals, careers, farming, vets, zoos

The Role of Farms in Wildlife Conservation

September 4, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Have you ever looked out of a plane window as you are coming into land in the UK? At Manchester airport especially, you can see the acres and acres of green fields edged in hedgerow after hedgerow. If it wasn’t for farmers, those hedgerows and all the creatures that live in them would not be … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: animals, conservation, farming, farmland, wildlife

Paul O’Grady’s Country Life-A Review

August 24, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 4 Comments

If you had told me three weeks ago that our Sunday pudding (bit of a tradition) would be made using a recipe by Paul O’Grady, I think I would have laughed. Two weeks ago I read a review in a Sunday magazine for his Country Life book coming out in paperback and I went straight … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Books, Farming Tagged: animals, books, country life, countryside, farming
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