Hello. I'm posting here for the first time in soooooo long in the hope of reaching anybody who may like to donate to a charity fundraising challenge I'm taking part in. During the month of September I am walking, at least, a mile everyday to raise money for Cancer Research UK. I'm doing this whilst going to visit friends, checking on our sheep on the farm or even walking around Abersytwyth, like today. On my Giving Page you can see my daily progress of how far I've walked and how much money I'm so grateful to have raised already! I'm sure everybody has had some experience of cancer, I lost ..read more

It has been soooo long since I wrote here, therefore expect a bit of a ramble! To be totally honest I have taken to Instagram like I never thought I would, to the point that I have to have a little break here and there, but that is the only social media I use so I guess that's ok, or that it what I'm telling myself. I have time to write this blog post just now as the boys are on an inset day and, obviously, still in bed at 8am! So, I read a post of IG this morning about how a person came to cook, preserve and in turn prepare for life's situations and it made me think about why I do what I do n ..read more

Hi. It's ages since I wrote a post here, to be honest I'm thinking of giving it up completely. I've started to really prefer Istagram and it's kind of about that I'm writing just now.   In October last year I came across an acount called @thispreparedlife and it lead to all manner of things. Prior to that I had been keeping a store of food in the cellar but not to any large degree but wanted to make more of an effort with it. Allison who has the account I just mentioned is one of an amazing band of #womenwhoprep and are proud to consider themselves #thekeeperofthefood or #keepero ..read more

First of all, hope you are well and that things are on the up, vacciniations, relaxing of restrictions and if you are coping with the changes or just looking forward to things seemingly, really getting back to normal in some places. I have mixed emotions at the moment regarding the way rules are soon allowing people to mix a lot more freely. I was shocked the other day aa cases are really coming down in number in comparision to how we were in the beginning, looking at huge nunbers back then. We will continue to take precautions for the foreseeable. Our boys are looking forward to seeing t ..read more

I watched a film recently and at the end the main character was asked - "who are you?".  For some reason this made me think about who I am; I've changed as life for me has changed so I found myself writing this. There is probably more I could write but this will do for now.                                                           ******************************* I am 52 but sometimes I feel like a lot younger. I'm a wife, mum, sister and aunt ..read more

I was so keen to read Grounded as Liz lives in a similar part of the world to myself and I have thoroughly enjoyed it; the forward was also written by Huw Richards and he brought Byther Farm to life before I'd read a word! Liz has such determination and grit in achieving her goals and I loved the idea of putting your back to the task whilst facing the achievemnent. I particularly loved her honesty in that, even now after the farm is establshed in so many ways, she still has doubts about her gardening abilities - I am jam packed full of those so just great to read that. Liz shares ..read more

 Hi! So it looks as if there is light at the end of the tunnel regarding the pandemic. I hope you are all getting your vaccinations at the right time, though don't get me started on our little story of that. Let us stick to the rules for a while longer and you never know where we might be for summer!                                                             *************************** I didn't used to watch a lot of YouTube but my very g ..read more

Hello. I hope you're all keeping well and safe. Here in Wales we have two more weeks left of our current lockdown and the boys are obviously still learning from home. However there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for when they may return, virtually crossing my fingers. **************************  The weather is bitterly cold as I type this, early evening Monday, but thankfully no snow. Even during inclement weather I love my growing space here in #mylittlepatchofparadise as I like to call it. Since the beginning of the month I've been taking part in #mymonthonthontheplot on Ins ..read more

 Hello, I'm celebrating!  This is because my laptop is now my own again as my youngest has bought himself a new device and therefore no longer needs to use mine for his homelearning, hurrah! This celebration comes in the form of a new blog post. This is a little ramble about what's happening here on our little homestead, also know as #mylittlepatchofparadise, from the end of last month and into February. February! How did that happen? Also I'm talking about jobs and this 'n' that around the garden in the coming weeks. February is a wonderful month really. Even though we are still ..read more

Hello there, before I begin here is my usual greeting at the start of all my posts, just incase this is your first visit, so best wishes to everybody as we are once again in lockdown and hope you are coping well physically and mentally. ************************** Right it's January 18th today and, as is the norm, I'm not getting up to much outside in the garden. Having said that I have begun some work in the polytunnel which is adding fresh compost in a couple of places. I also gave my compost 'daleks' a bit of a turning but if you have seen my recent super professional, ? ,YouTube video you ..read more