There’s something very spiritual about trees. When they’re really big I wonder how old they are and how long they’ve been standing there. What have they seen, as it were. We’ve got loads of beautiful old trees at the farm. There is even one with writing carved into it. There are fruit tress and oak….
The weather this week has been beautiful here at the farm. Cold and crisp but mostly dry with lots of sunshine-does that make me sound like a weather presenter? Anyway, dry weather means only one thing down on the farm. Outdoor play. I feel like we’ve had a very productive week. Mummy painted bunting on…
What do you think of when you think Farmer’s Wife? Go on, have a think. This is what I think. Rosy cheeks, a rather plump old-ish woman with tight curly hair.She is wearing a piny. She has rough hands and kneads bread. She churns butter, knits, feeds chickens, has a wicker basket for eggs….
I cannot believe what has happened. You know how I told you in my previous post that Cookie had more or less been pecked to death, was left with only one eye one eye and that she had subsequently died? Well, there were five of these Old English Game bantams living in the tree….
Last Saturday I wrote about how Freshstart for Hens works and what happens to chickens who are farmed intensively for eggs. (See https://farmerswifeandmummy.com/2014/02/15/giving-ex-commercial-hens-a-fresh-start/) This week was the exciting bit. I have just got back from picking up our ten ladies who have come to live with us. The lovely Kerry whose house was used for…
I feel as if I haven’t updated you on the petting zoo recently and it’s moved up a gear in the last couple of weeks. I can just smell spring and spring to me means babies. The sheep are fattening up ready to produce little lambs (just for me) and, after several weeks of…
It’s never a dull moment here. Today, after a lot of nagging gentle persuasion, Hubster has moved my big chicken coop from the front field to the garden. It has been like walking in quick sand what with all the mud in the front field and Minty, the pet lamb who is he-sheep sized now,…
It’s official. I am done with winter. Is it me or do our summers get shorter and shorter? You see, this year I have plans. We might live on a farm but no crops are grown here. It is all livestock so this year I am going to try to grow my own. I have…
How do you like your eggs in the morning? According to Egg Info (http://www.egginfo.co.uk/) who are behind the British Lion Mark, in Britain, we consumed 11.5 million eggs in 2013. I would say this was a conservative estimate as it doesn’t include the ones laid by garden hens. I think it does show that we…
So Facebook is ten and everyone has the opportunity to make a video of their time on the social media site. I admit it. I cried. I joined in 2007 and so many things have happened since then. I’d just met my (now) husband. There’s been highs and lows. I must admit I’m not one…
