I’ve wanted another dog for ages. I knew that if anything ever happened to Rosie, I would find it very hard to replace her (she is irreplaceable) so I thought I would like a puppy while she is still with us. My dream was to open a box on Christmas morning and have a beautiful…
I thought it might be a fun thing to do an animal inventory. Not an official one of course, I don’t think DEFRA are too bothered about my bunny village but, as a blogger (rather than a farmer’s wife), I do tend to shield my readers from the coal-face of animal keeping. We have had…
Farmers and their families can be notoriously difficult to buy for. While thermal socks are always greatly received, I thought I’d do my own Christmas gift guide for families like ours and any other people who like farming and the great outdoors. Babies and Children. Think the youngest members of the family can’t be included…
We don’t have a fire in our living room-partly for safety and partly because the room didn’t originally have a fire in it so it would have been difficult to build in when we renovated the house. We used to have a shelf over the radiator and last year, I bought an inexpensive plain garland…
Living on a farm is amazing. we have no neighbours. We have no neighbours, This is the best thing in my opinion. as well as the space and the animals of course. There are some things we miss out on though. We don’t get charty bags in the letter box. No Avon Lady…
I think it is a known thing that, to get a good photo of your children, you have to take around ten snaps before you get the one. Likewise, throwing animals into the mix-especially farm animals, is the main reason, the memory on my iPhone is continually full. Being a blogger, I am always taking…
When we first moved to the farm, I ordered a terracotta style floor covering but it was out of stock. In a panic to get it fitted and move in, I panic-chose a cream alternative. Cream. In a farmhouse. What. Was. I. Thinking? Not only was it cream but it was textured too so any…
Earlier this week, we had one of the first sunny days in ages on the farm and, with the summer holidays still stretching before us, I put my thinking cap on to find something both Boo and the baby would enjoy. I decided to do a teddy bears picnic but, on closer examination of Boo’s teddy…
I don’t think you would usually think a farm is the best place for stylish clothes and believe me, I wouldn’t either most of the time but, there are thousands of women around the world who live on farms, maybe they’re farmer’s wives or daughters or maybe they farm themselves but they must care…
Today I took the kids to a farm to celebrate Open Farm Sunday. We went to Shoots Delph Farm in St Helens. Like our farm, it has been passed down through generations of the Forster family for hundreds of years and they run a successful organic meat business raising cattle and sheep which they butcher…