Imen’s post on changing the name of her blog to match with her column and her twitter username got me thinking. ?She is known as ‘Modern Farmette’. ?Is the correct term ‘farmerette’ or ‘farmette’ I wondered, especially as I am calling myself a farmerette. Does it matter? Are they seen as one and the same thing?
I consulted the Oxford English Dictionary online and neither are in use [...]
Happy New Year! The decorations are down, the fake tree and the decorations are back up in the attic and true to form, we find a stray decoration as we come downstairs! The real tree is mostly on the hall floor and awaiting removal by husband who is spending most of his free time putting in new cupboards and sink in the utility.
I realised that my husband is a [...]
Merry Christmas everyone – it’s been a busy run up to Christmas with the online orders and generating new business for Write on Track too so I am really looking forward to battening down the hatches and relaxing in front of the fire with a book / crochet / chocolate / scrabble / lego / doll’s house / TV – you get the drift – I’m not going to be doing much running around for the next few days!
Apart from [...]
Well, that budget, that was driving us all mad with the constant mentions of it in the media, has now passed. ?The government does seem to be supporting the handing over of farms to the younger generation (I think I’m correct in saying that only 5% of farmers are under 35) and the percentages in place re inheritence have been maintained. When I inherited this farm some years ago, I had to complete a ‘Green Cert’ to show I had [...]
I was touched by a couple of tweets I received today, together with some of the comments on the blog post in the I Married an Irish Farmer blog today where Imen featured me in an interview on ‘farm wives’. Women telling me that I am inspiring. Unfortunately though, I have just discovered a letter in my bag that should have been with the bank manager a week ago so that is making me feel ?substantially less [...]
