Our Smallholding Adventure

We are Tracy & Steven and along with our 2 children we moved to the countryside in the North East of England in 2016. On our smallholding we strive for a more self reliant life by growing our own food, raising our own meat, cooking, preserving & foraging all whilst working full time.

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Showing posts with label homemade. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Spring is around the corner

Over the weekend we managed to fill a 3 rd bed with rotted muck thanks to the horses. That’s 3 large beds ready for top soil at the end F...

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Trying new things

Part of the journey we're on is learning to cook more things from scratch. Now I already make things from scratch but when I sat and th...

Sunday, 8 January 2017

Planning the coming year’s harvest including freebies

I love freebies. I've just been given these seeds from my lovely Dad who has given up his allotment and asked if he can help out on mi...

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Christmas preparations and home raised meat for the table

I'm still chasing my tail but my head is just above water and I'm happy as Larry. Whoever he is. So this weekend started off wit...

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

December birthday and raspberry vodka

Sounds like a good combination right :) It was my birthday yesterday and also my long day at work, however it was great fun. I heard fro...

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Elderberry wine

A big part of what I wanted to achieve and sustain when we moved here was to start to incorporate living off the land into our lives. Steven...

Sunday, 16 October 2016

Autumn on the smallholding

This weekend has felt very Autumnal. It’s been a mixture of lots of lovely things. The changing colour of the trees, the leaves that hav...

Friday, 23 September 2016

Another weekend is here :)

The damson vodka that I made last weekend is starting to have a decidedly pink undertone to it (pictured pre pinkness!) The kilner jar se...

Sunday, 4 September 2016

A little bit of everything.

Isn't it lovely to see the changing seasons? I love the country I live in. There is a definite move from one season to another and wit...

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