You know it’s Christmas on the farm when:
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You have the same conversation every year-should we buy a turkey from a shop or buy poults and rear our own?
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People ask you, in earnest, ‘do you still have to feed the cows/sheep/horses/pigs (delete as applicable) on Christmas Day?
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The farmer’s wife buys reindeer antlers for the sheep and puts tinsel on the chicken coop, is this just me?
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The other farmers and other visitors who normally drop round for a gossip and a cup of tea expect a mince pie too.
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You seriously wonder whether you should get a couple of reindeer to rent out at garden centres and local fairs for next Christmas.
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Your kids learn that they can’t open their Christmas presents until the jobs are done and (hopefully) help to get them done quicker.
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You look into growing your own Christmas trees (again) but forget to do anything about it once January comes around.
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You get 37 free calendars from your feed merchants and fertiliser reps.
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You get more jumpers and woolly socks as presents and you are quite happy with that.
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On particularly cold Christmases, when the rest of the family is listening to the Queen’s speech, livestock farmers can be found defrosting water troughs (wearing Santa hats naturally).
- You get your Christmas decorations out of a barn and discover a mouse has nibbled through most of your baubles-even the salt dough ones you varnished (see http://farmerswifeandmummy.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/merry-christmouse/)
So many people forget that a lot of the world still has to work on xmas day! Sounds like you make it fun though!
We try 😉
Sounds like a busy time of year on the farm, love the reindeer antlers!!
Thank you i wanted to put some antlers on cows but husband said no 😉
I love this post. So many people forget others have to work on Christmas day. Quite a few of my friends live on or used to live on farms and I can’t believe how hard they work.. In fact I once sent my son to work on a farm so he could see what hard was really like!
He he that is funny. To be fair my husband does the hardest work bless him. It is a hard and sometimes lonely job but it is a vocation i think 🙂
I grew up on a farm and your comment about all the free calendars made me think of my grandpa! It’s funny little things that you think of/remember sometimes! Funnily enough I grew up in the states so feed supply companies giving calendars away must be an international thing!
He he it must be. We got a hat too last year they must have been feeling generous 😉
I love this. Your life is so different from mine in every way, and probably different to a lot of people’s. I find it so interesting to read your blog. Oh and I LOVE the antlers! x
Ha ha the funny thing is though because i have married into farming it’s taken me a long time to shake my other mindset. So i think Im living a life like yours in my head but wearing wellies in reality 😉
I think you should seriously get some reindeer!
I know!!!! I will look into it 😉
Love the festive spirit around the farm! x
Such a busy time of year for you. Love the antlers x
Wow it sounds pretty hectic!
I have always wanted to have a farm, or is it a farmhouse kitchen!
You so should get some reindeer’s. I would also grow trees but then I would want to keep them all so I can dress them with twinkly lights.
You tinsel up your coop *runs outside to start decorating our chicken coop and ferret house!
He he he he:-)
I need festive coop pictures 😉