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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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Saving Lives
I saved another one of these this morning, a lovely little baby wild rabbit, old enough to be away from it's Mum but obviously not old enough to know the danger... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Philosophy ..... and Posing Builders
I love this. I picked it up off Facebook yesterday, it's just so true ... and it's exactly how I try to live my life. Living in the present, the now, is the onl... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Sleeping and Peeping
We had a glorious afternoon out on Sunday. Yes, I took that picture, it's not bad my little point it and click digital camera is it ... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Doggy Fat Camp ... and a Non-Peaceful Bank Holiday Weekend
Thank you for all the comments yesterday, you really helped me to think this through. After lots of reading, including your helpful comments, I do not think I... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
The Animals Today ... Baffled, Sleeping and Poorly
Rosy was peering into the Eglu watching one of the Hylines busy laying her egg ..... ... this shot shows Rosy watching the hen running off at great speed just 3... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Battered Pots ..... and Even More Unusual Post
The total sum of my purchases at the car boot sale was a plant for £2 and this gloriously battered pot for a whole one pound. I just couldn't resist it,... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Selling the Clutter and the Veggies
Last Saturday saw us busy at the Rowen Car Boot sale, held once a month throughout the Spring and Summer it is a lovely venue on the village green. Read more
Posted on 21 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Welcome To My World
. Behind these doors, usually open when I'm working in there unless a bitterly cold breeze is wending it's way across the hillside, I spend a good percentage... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Unusual Deliveries
These arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago. I had an email from Blogging Buddy Dawn from 'Doing It For Ourselves in Wales' asking if I would like a couple... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
It's Starting to Resemble a Quarry ..... and My Man Up a Tree !!
It's starting to resemble a quarry here, diggers, trucks, piles of earth, rock faces of all descriptions. The mounds of earth have to stay as they will be used... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Salad Sandwich Filler
Virtually every week I make up a tub of choppy salad to keep in the fridge. It is usually made up of a whole cumber, around 4 sticks of celery, one each of... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Collecting Free Food
I seem to be collecting lots of lovely free vegetable seeds at the moment. This month my newly subscribed to magazine came with more free seeds, £4.53 wort... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Sharing With Your Pals ... Or Keeping It All To Yourself
We have three broody hens at the moment, yes I said THREE !! These two, luckily for us as there are only three nesting boxes available for use, have decided to... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Keeping Fit with the Wind
It's easy to keep fit here on our windy Welsh hillside. Take yesterday for example, I put out a line full of washing, Lovely Hubby's working clothes and a... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Monday Morning
It rained ALL day yesterday, then it rained ALL night last night, then miraculously at exactly 7.45this morning it stopped!! Arthur arrives at 8am each morning... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
A Fairy Egg
After writing the post about the new rain shelter the other day, I went over to Chicken World to collect the eggs and give the chickens their daily treat of a... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Chicken World and Re-inventions
Last weekend we had a break from the building work. The building materials for the retaining wall can't be delivered until tomorrow so we had to leave things... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Building Work
The current building, or maybe I should call it excavation work at the moment, is throwing up lots of huge boulders. Some of them have left the site with the... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Polytunnel Progress
It's looking more and more productive in the polytunnel. Sally Scarecrow is still there, only because I forget to look for the ties that will fix her to the pos... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Be In The Moment
I was sitting outside the polytunnel, chopping up the toilet roll inners, anything for a 10 minute sit down out of the 30 degree heat of the tunnel and I was... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES
