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Our New Life in the Country
http://ournewlifeinthecountry.blogspot.co.uk/
It's simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country.
Following our journey with dogs, cats, chickens, rampant veggies and learning to be more and more self sufficient.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 914 )
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The Aga Toaster
I was asked for an explanation of the Aga toaster in an email and so here it is :-) It's so simple, you just place your bread, buns, teacakes, bagels or whateve... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Sleepy Dog
I came home from the shops the other day, and before I unlocked the door I spied Suky fast asleep on the rug in the conservatory (we use this door all the time... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
What HAVE I Been Growing This Year
Well to answer the question in the title ... not a lot really! But saying that I couldn't not grow anything, even while we are in this building stage of our sel... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Space
, I love it !! The top picture is where the coffee making machine used to live and now it's gone it's so much easier to wipe everywhere down properly each day. Read more
Posted on 16 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Best Buddies
Rosy and Suky might have had a bit of a falling out but Suky and Ginger really are best friends. Every night now they sleep together in the dog bed in the... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Digging
This week Lovely Hubby managed to do another trench for the polytunnel erection. It really pays having a methodically minded engineer for a husband. Read more
Posted on 14 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Update on Toaster, Washing Machine ..... and the MOT
As we couldn't find the receipt for the washing machine anywhere, it was obviously lost during the house move, we contacted Indesit and explained the problem. Read more
Posted on 13 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Fighting Sisters
Here's a nice picture of some little wild flowers picked while I was walking with the dogs around our paddock the other day. I always have my eyes open for new... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Teamwork
Lovely Hubby is cracking on bit by bit with the polytunnel. Last weekend he got all this done, it might not look much but all the soil was dug carefully out to... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Flowers and Jigsaws
The flowers I picked from the garden for the Gardening Club competition lasted for over two weeks, this is them looking fresh as a pin after a week. Read more
Posted on 08 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Angel, Rosy and Ginger
" It's tasty this water ... ... who that can I hear sneaking up behind me?" " Pesky dog". " I'm telling Mum." " Mum, Rosy won't share!! " " Nope .... I'm NOT... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Is Everything Designed to Self Destruct ?
When we moved house we used our savings to buy ourselves the nice things we had always wanted and had waited for since we got together, we left our old... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Send a Cow
This week I have received a letter from 'Send a Cow', the charity that I chose to support during my Live Below the Line week this year. I had to share it with... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Humpty Dumpty, Banoffee Pie and the Polytunnels
It's been a good weekend, stretched out longer than usual after Lovely Hubby's reverse Humpty Dumpty impression (falling off the wall backwards). Read more
Posted on 01 July 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Work Hard, Play Hard
Dad's Bed looks tiny when looked up at from the bottom of the hill, it's still the most cultivated bed of the plot at the moment, but things are slowly changing. Read more
Posted on 28 June 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Have You Signed Up Yet ?
In just one weeks time, lots of us ex-Harcombers, current Harcombers and people who have never even tried it before are joining in to have a '14 Day Summer... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Maenan Gardening Club Summer Meal
Monday night was the annual Summer meal of the gardening club that I joined when we moved here to North Wales. Twice a year we have a meal in the hotel that we... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
No More Chicken at the Door
Amber died yesterday, a quiet, calm dignified death. On Sunday she was off colour, slightly hunched and wanting to be by herself. Read more
Posted on 24 June 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
And the Winner is .......
I went over to HERE and picked up this number generator thingy, I couldn't figure out how to copy it onto the Blog so I just did what any good blogger does ....... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
I've Still Got Those Green Fingers
Spurred on my by accidental rooting of some cut Rosemary last month I decided to pop some Basil in the little mug on the windowsill to see if that would root... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2014 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES