Our New Life in the Country: Blank

Friday, 9 September 2011

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Some days my mind is a blank....today is one of those days.

Jason has returned to his hometown - Preston, after a few days here, there are lots of pottering jobs to be done on the farm, but first I am going to check my Farmers Market stock as I have one on Sunday morning in our village hall.

No news is good news they say.....sometimes I tend to agree!!

Sue xx

6 comments:

Anonymous9 September 2011 at 10:29
I just discovered your blog recently and it makes me so homesick for the country! I live just outside the capital of our state here in North Carolina (USA) and I work in the capital city (Raleigh). I was raised on a farm and have lived most of my adult life in the country/on a farm. We have saying: "you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl" - Sue, if I lived close I would be glad to come and help you with those never ending little things that always need to be done on a farm! It's nice to be able to reach across to you from a blog but it would be even better if I could pull on my waders (wellies to you probably), tie one my apron and roll up my sleeves and pitch in to help!!
There is a joy that you get from farm living that just can't be put into words!

Love your blog!!

Vicki from My Favorite Things
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Sue9 September 2011 at 12:11
Thanks for that Vicki, what a lovely comment. You have more to say than me today - which is wonderful, thank you.

Sue xx
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Jo12 September 2011 at 08:53
What sort of things do you sell at the farmers' market? Just being nosey : )
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Sue12 September 2011 at 09:08
I sell handmade soaps, handmade cards, lavender and all it's associated products, worm tea and, if we have any spare, free range eggs.

All made and produced by our own fair hands.... well the chickens lay the eggs and the worms provide the tea!!

Sue xx
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Jo12 September 2011 at 16:32
Lovely! I have two worm compost bins - one in a dustbin and one in a wiggly wigglers tiered system. This was a birthday present many years ago and one leg has now come off and it sits propped up on bricks. The worms don't mind that their home wouldn't qualify for an Ideal Homes prize and happily chomp their way through their dinner regardless. I never thought of selling the liquid though.
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Sue12 September 2011 at 19:17
Well there was only so much of it I could use for my veggies, so it made sense to start selling it. We sell it in 4 pint plastic milk bottles,a good way to re-use them and keeps the cost to the customer minimal (£1 a bottle).

I think we have fed most of the tomatoes in this little corner of Oxfordshire.....lol.

Sue xx
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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