The beauty of books and reading is that you have to use your own imagination and life experiences to shape the way you think about what you are reading. This could never be more true than when I read Till the Cows Come Home by Sara Cox. She grew up around ten miles from where … [Read more…]
We love milk. Our farm used to be a dairy farm, many years ago and my husband and his family worked so hard, milking twice a day. The dairy cows had long gone when I arrived but the family’s love of milk was infectious and both myself and the children enjoy the white stuff throughout … [Read more…]
Great British Beef Week is coming to an end now but the whole point of such awareness weeks is to encourage the general public to get behind the cause, find out about it in the awareness week and then carry on supporting it for the rest of the year. Great British Beef Week is a … [Read more…]
Christmas on the farm is a magical time but one of hard work too. Just because it is Christmas and most other people get the day off, farmers and their families go about their daily business as usual. The animals have to be fed. If it is cold, pipes have to be thawed. Mucking out … [Read more…]
We love homewares at the farm and, if there is a farm theme, it is not only essential, it is usually much coveted too. When Quirky Cows got in touch to see if I would like to review some of their delightful pieces, I admit it, I squealed in delight. Set up by Sharron Russell … [Read more…]
Lorna Sixsmith runs a dairy and beef farm in South East Ireland with her husband Brian James. They have two children (Will and Kate), two dogs (Sam and Lou), numerous farm cats, 120 cows plus fatteners, yearlings and calves. Lorna has been blogging for many years at LornaSixsmith.com and selfpublished her first book in 2013. … [Read more…]
My favourite food in the whole world is cheese. I adore the stuff and I especially love British cheese because of the total differences by region. I also love that by eating and buying British cheese, I am helping to support British farming and I think we all know how much I love that. So … [Read more…]
