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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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Birthday and Building Weekend
Sorry to have been missing for a few days, but they have been a delightfully busy few days. Here's a couple of the many photos we took of Mum's birthday meal... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
My Tidy Bookcase ..... and There's a Man in Our Hole
Here's the Before and After pictures of my bookcase tidying. I have decided to get rid of all my Rachel Allen books, looking through them I realised that it... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Caught Napping and Some Rather Large Pebbles!!
As I was stood at the sink washing the morning pots after walking the dogs around the paddock, I heard a gentle snoring, I turned round expecting to see Suky... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Diggers, Holes and Books
We have a man with his 'big boy toy' digging the huge hole for the drainage rings today. I don't know how long the job will take .... ... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Virtual Decluttering
I sort of got temporarily waylaid with my actual decluttering. Our house is about a third Marie Kondo-ed, the rest is pretty tidy but it's not had it's final... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
That Wonderful Monday Morning Feeling
If you look on Google Images you will find lots of these ..... ... cute little pictures extolling the hatred of Monday morning. Read more
Posted on 09 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
' Hey Ho Hey Ho, It's off to Work I Go ..... '
' Hey ho, hey ho, it's off to work I go ..... ' It just looked as though Lovely Hubby should be singing this song as he marched over to the polytunnel frames... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Ginger ... and John
Thanks for all the good wishes for Ginger, he's almost back to normal now, after days of being off his food and barely drinking he had about half his usual... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Meet Ingrid ... and Her Friends.
Meet Ingrid one of our new Almond trees. We have two 'Ingrids' in total and joining them at the far corner of the paddock are two Sweet Chestnuts called 'Maron... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Unusual Deliveries, Winds and IVF
I got home the other day to find some parcels waiting for me. It took me a minute to realise what they were ..... can you guess? Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Polytunnels and Pussycats
Slowly but surely the polytunnel basics are taking shapes. All the raised beds are now in place but these photos were taken just as Lovely Hubby was working on... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Blooming Marvelous
Our lovely Christmas Cacti is blooming, and after reading this wikiHow information about them, I realise it's all thanks to Charley. Read more
Posted on 01 March 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Damson Gin, Jellies and Jams
Lovely Hubby's eyes lit up when he came home from work last week, on the worktop were sat three containers containing his favourite (up to now) homemade... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
My Ten Top Tips
I had an email asking me for my ten top tips for saving money (thanks B), and asking me if I really write about things I do or do I write about things I think... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
The KonMari Method
She's everywhere it seems, well everywhere in blogland anyway, Marie Kondo and her brilliant book 'The Life Changing Magic of Tidying - a simple, effective way... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
What a Weekend!!
What a weekend we've had. The driveway was filled with big trucks offloading huge drainage rings for most of Saturday morning. Read more
Posted on 23 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
In the Words of Britney .....
... Oops I did it again!! I didn't play with anyone's heart ... I bought some more books. Clare Balding's and Vivienne Westwood's books were from the British... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
It's That Time of the Year Again .....
It's that time of the year again ... when each warm day and spot of sunshine brings out a little bit more. A little bit more hope, a little bit more growth and ... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
We Have Progress .....
We have progress at last on the polytunnel !! Can you see in the distance that improvements have taken place. Creeping a little bit closer .... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES -
Tidying for the Last Time?
Photographing all our books last week brought something to my attention ..... ... the messiness inside the cupboard ... ... and the mix of DVDs and books on... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 FINANCE, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, RECIPES
