I don’t think anyne would be surprised to see flies on a farm-especially in summer. To be honest though, even when we had cows, it wasn’t bad. Unfortunately though, a recycling site opened a while back not far from the farm and, in our opinion, since then we have suffered with actual swarms. I…
I’m a bit late with this month’s Siblings post because I have struggled knowing what day it is. I keep thinking it is the beginning of July not that we are half way through. It’s been another month of sunny days and farm picnics. Hay has been made and we have moved around the various…
I am a couple of days late with this month’s Siblings post because, quite frankly, I don’t know where the time has gone. We are still at home on the farm but we did manage a trip out this month to Kenyon Hall Farm for our annual fruit picking. This year we picked strawberries from…
Another month of lockdown at the farm and we are still all happy, I think. I seem to have taken more photos of the boys this month. My daughter prefers a quiet life sometimes away from her rowdy brothers and she has had a couple of settling days in school to prepare her for her…
This month’s siblings post sees the end of the summer holidays and the beginning of the school year. We still made use of our National Trust Membership by visiting Dunham Massey for a lovely day and we were joined there by my parents which was lovely. A lot of the remaining summer saw the farmer…
Since the last siblings post, my eldest has finished year three and the middle one had his last day at nursery. We have had action packed days interspersed with fun days at home, picnicking, running around the farm and playing with annoying the animals. The first Saturday of the school holidays we headed off…
Summer is a time for eating outdoors and making use of the barbecue. Roast dinners don’t always spring to mind when you think about summer dining. With a few clever substitutes, you can still eat roast dinners when it is hot. You just have to turn things on their head a bit. Think warm meats…
If two words could sum up July on the farm it would be field work. It has dominated most of the month and the old adage, make hay while the sun shines has been ringing in all of our ears. “Where’s Daddy?” “He’s in the field making hay.” This was asked and answered every 20…
We are in the last days of term at the farm and I think we are all looking forward to a slower pace of life with no school buses or nursery runs. The siblings have got along famously this month. Both boys enjoy greeting their sister off the school bus but the baby usually sleeps…
As summer rears its head, you are almost certainly starting to wonder what you might do in order to make sure that your garden is truly ready for the season of growth. If you have ever failed to get your garden ready in time for summer before, you will know full well what it can…