If you are looking for a nice relaxing afternoon out, I’m going to recommend Duckett’s Grove outside Carlow. I have to admit I still have to do the tour, despite visiting on numerous occasions. ?It has a romantic history, the castle being burnt during Ireland’s more troubled times in 1933.
The kids like running around the walled garden and through [...]
It’s not deliberate that I haven’t been writing about the farm lately, well, not really. ?It is just that it has been so so wet that it is somewhat depressing and the last thing I wanted to do was write a blog post that complained especially when I keep seeing blog posts and pictures about the drought in the States which is worse I think.
It’s frustrating too as it makes it so hard to make decisions. It’s hard to decide [...]
I have been asked occasionally what is the difference for wives of farmers now and my parents’ generation so I thought it might make an interesting blog post. We inherited my parents farm so it is quite easy to make comparisons given that the type of farming hasn’t changed all that much.
In my parents’ day:
I quadrupled the recipe below twice this year for our elderflower cordial so I have loads in the freezer.
It is a bit scary how much sugar goes into it though but I guess at least when you make it yourself you are aware of the amount of sugar! I have made it with two thirds of the sugar too [...]
I have been a parent for ten years. Ten whole years – where did ?they disappear to in that blink of an eye? We had ten years of marriage before we had our first child and achieved loads and the ten years seemed to last, you know, for ten years of time but the ten years of parenting – it just passed like you clicked your fingers. Well, perhaps I tell a lie – that week of toilet training did [...]
