On the farm

Adventures on the farm

Chit chat about climbing frames, slides and shopping

ByEmma April 8, 2014

Now N has the hang of the language thing, I’m finding we have some great conversations. Some are a little loopy and irrelevant as you’d expect for a 3 year old’s thought processes. Others involve out and out lies and…

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The Red Tractor, and what it means to me

ByEmma April 25, 2016

Red Tractors…not Massey Ferguson or Case tractors but the little red tractor you see on food. I’ve been reading quite a lot recently about the Red Tractor label, and it’s definitely becoming more visible and understood especially with Alex James…

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Days out | On the farm

Quad biking and a new hunt follower

ByEmma March 30, 2024

I’m expecting to lose readers (‘please don’t go, don’t goooooo, don’t go away’….in the words of a dubious 90s song) on this post, but we live in the countryside and such activities take part around us every Autumn and Winter. This…

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Days out | Food & Drink | On the farm

Brambling: foraging for fruit

ByEmma June 1, 2023

I’ve been hearing for a while about how all the blackberries are out and ripe for the picking, but had been put off because the fields where I know there are usually blackberries still had our cows and bullocks in….

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On the farm | Parenting

Scared toddlers

ByEmma June 1, 2023

Strange example of what scared toddlers aren’t keen on…lawn mowers

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On the farm | Outdoor life

Garden play, fun and frolics

ByEmma June 1, 2023

Yesterday was the start of a week off for N from nursery and myself from work, so we’ve got lots of meet ups with friends booked in. It’ll be great to see how he gets on with children he only…

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Family life | On the farm

Cousins return

ByEmma June 1, 2023

N’s been missing his cousins, more specifically his youngest cousin, while they’ve been on holiday. He’s got 5 boy cousins and 1 girl cousin from 2 families, one of whom he used to do 2 days a week with to…

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Summertime, and the living is easy

ByEmma March 25, 2024

It’s great when summertime arrives and the weather’s better, as after nursery, N can just potter around on the farm. Even when there’s no-one around, he wants to see what’s going on, so I end up taking him for a…

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Easter | On the farm

Post Easter fun

ByEmma July 23, 2019

Today we had our post Easter NCT get together. Now I’m back working full time, it’s not often I get to see everyone, so it’s great to be able to catch up and also for N to be with his…

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Lambing season begins

ByEmma March 25, 2024

There have been a few new lambs up at my brother-in-law’s buildings, but we’ve not yet had a chance to get up there and see them. However, this afternoon N didn’t have too long a sleep and with the sun…

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Snow day

ByEmma September 25, 2014

I have to add the obligatory snow post, given it’s caused a lot of hassle and cancelled events as per usual. We had snow falling from about 3pm yesterday to about 4pm today, so a fair lot. Although it looks…

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