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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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Live Below the Line - Over
Well that's it .... my Live Below the Line challenge is over, and in all honesty I think this will be my final year. I have a feeling I may have said that last... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Live Below the Line - Almost the Final Post
Friday nights tea was yummy!! By the time we sat down for tea it was almost 8pm, we had spent the afternoon dismantling the old henhouse to make more room in... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Live Below the Line - Day 5 - Confession Time
Remember the three bags of cooked rice, that I stashed in the freezer at the start of the week, the stodgy, claggy rice ...... I have to confess ... I thawed... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Live Below the Line - Day 4
Lunch yesterday was yummy ... tiny but yummy!! It was the little Pekin egg that I didn't use for my fish cakes on one slice of my small bread toasted, it... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Live Below the Line - Day 3
I woke up this morning to find an email had landed in my Inbox overnight, I've copied it here for you to read in full, I've also reinstated the link that is on... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Day 2 - Live Below the Line
My cupboard at the start of the week. And once I had prepped the bread by opening each pack and separating the slices slightly, and laying the little garlic... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Starting Off With a 1p Coffee - Updated
Well my day started off with a 1p cup of coffee, thank goodness black and unsweetened is the way I drink my coffee all the time :-) I tipped the jar of 47p... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Live Below the Line - The Shopping
I had a rethink about my Live Below the Line shopping. I had bought a couple of things from Asda, a couple of things from Tesco and was about to shop around to... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Polytunnel Views, Planting .... and Live Below the Line
The view of the polytunnel at the start of this weekend, it's already changing in there, I'm in a busy, busy frame of mind and things are getting done at the... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
The Road Splay
Splay, a verb meaning slant, slope or spread outwards; Our road splay has progressed nicely over the last week, the actual splay work onto the road is complete... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
In the Polytunnel
This was the state of play last week before we left for our weekend break. I love, love, love Courgette, Cucumber and Squash seedlings, there's something so... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Right Back to Work
After a lovely weekend away staying in THE most gorgeous cottage and location we are back home and right back to work as usual. Read more
Posted on 21 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
My Birthday Treat
Today is my birthday, I'll not tell you my age but I'll give you a clue ... it starts with a five and ends with a five (and there's nothing in the middle). Read more
Posted on 19 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
The Twice Daily Doggy (and Cat) Walk
I had a couple of comments about Ginger joining in on our the twice daily doggy walks around the paddock the other day, and then an email asking if there were... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
I Shouldn't Be Eating This .......
I followed a recipe the other day, a nice simple recipe .... just three tablespoons of Coconut Oil and two tablespoons of sugar, mix together and decant into a... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Getting Your Head Bitten Off
The new Almond trees at the far end of the paddock are full of blossom, looking so pretty and miraculously all the blossom has survived through the gale force... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Both Winning
I mentioned on my Blog post the other day that Simon, my eldest son was taking a truck to the Carlisle Truck Show on Sunday along with some of his work... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Blog Stats - Fascinating Insights into What YOU Are Reading.
Our Animals and Their Spaces - 27th June 2012 Yesterday after completing my blog post, I nipped on to the statistics page to see what sort of viewing figures I... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Wild and Windy Sunday
When I found out last week that one of my favourite 'chicken people' had a new book out and I ordered it straight away, I just couldn't wait, it details her mov... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Flowers, Seeds and Trucks
I've been so busy over the past couple of weeks getting lots of vegetable seeds planted in the polytunnel, yesterday I realised that I had totally forgotten to... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES
