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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Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Hello sheep

Thank you to everyone who commented regarding the mouldy jam on the previous post. I have picked myself up and moved on! That's not why ...

Friday, 23 September 2016

Lost most of my jams

I am gutted. I've lost my pantry of jam that I lovingly made through the summer. It's gone mouldy and I'm so gutted. Not the exp...

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...

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Loving September's free food

Isn’t September a bountiful month? I’d never really given it much thought or appreciated it quite so much until now, living where we d...

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Happy Autumn

I’ve had to change my morning routine round to suit the change in season. It’s too dark when I go out at 5:50am to let the poultry out, or...

Monday, 19 September 2016

Bringing home the harvests....and a rosette

I am so very proud to say I managed to snag 3rd prize for my pumpkin in the local show at the weekend. It was a fantastic event and there a...

Friday, 16 September 2016

Gifts from lovely people

I have been given some lovely gifts over the last week or so. My Mam and Dad have been on holiday venturing to the southerly end of the co...

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

A little chicken and goose update

When Steven called in to the neighbouring farmer to buy some corn he enquired as to when the new additions we’re supposed to be getting from...

Friday, 9 September 2016

Richard the duck

Richard, our most recently acquired duck, is a mucky little thing. Well big thing. He's actually huge. Since we adopted him he's bee...

Thursday, 8 September 2016

Night time visitor

I don’t think I have mentioned yet, but I am having a kind of detox September. I’m not drinking alcohol, trying to eat cleaner than I norm...

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Aga in the summer

We decided to keep the Aga on during the summer despite many of our neighbours or friends switching theirs off. Our kitchen is a big old...

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