Continue to follow our journey over at Barradale Farm

 Just a reminder that if you would like to continue to follow us and our journey to a simpler

A new beginning

 Dear readers, After much pondering and consideration, I have decided to close this blog.

Come on in, excuse the mess!

We have had visitors this week, who arrived Monday. My very dear friend, her husband and their three

distance makes the heart grow fonder

We have just come back from a beautiful week away. As always it was a mammoth effort to get everything

Spring time rituals

I rather like the idea of spring cleaning. Of taking everything out, giving it a good wash, hanging

Well hello there little one!

It has been a promising start to spring with the safe arrival of the first kid (of the goat variety

Shades of grey and a new job

Grant starts a new job this week. It's full-time seasonal work with the forestry department. It's a

Spring is in the air

It's been a busy couple of months here with a stream of Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, and cousins

new arrivals on the farm

Recently we had a friend over for dinner and he offered us 30 meat chooks that were surplus to his

simplicity

It's 3am as I'm sitting writing this and when I got up to load up the fire I discovered it was nearly

changing seasons and Winter routines

With the cooler weather having firmly arrived, the Aga has been lit around the clock. This means I

considering choices

It seems everyone has finally recovered from the terrible tummy bug. I don't think our family has ever