Author: Sally Urwin Publisher: Godine+ORM ISBN: 1567926878 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 235
Book Description
One woman’s humorous memoir about leaving the corporate world behind for life on a northern England farm with her whole family. Ever dream of reinventing yourself and starting over? Sally Urwin did. Even though her feet don’t quite reach the tractor pedals, this city-girl-turned-shepherd found happiness and love with one husband, two kids, grumpy rams, ewes and lambs, Mavis the Sheepdog, and a very fat pony. Once employed to market the insolvency services of a large accounting firm, Sally along with her husband, Steve, now run High House Farm in Northumbria. Built around 1840, High House is a working farm where the whole family (including two children) pitches in. In a fresh and funny voice all her own, Sally tells her story of the shepherding life?which at High House also includes the sideline businesses of a tearoom, winery, and a barn for weddings. Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer reveals the highs and lows of the shepherding life and the hard work in making a living from the land. Filled with grit and humor, eccentric animals, and local characters, this is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered what it’s like to pack up and find a new life on the other side of the fence. Praise for Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer “Urwin’s account of a year on High House Farm, with its mix of arable land and 200 sheep in windswept Northumbria, is no rural idyll. But it’s full of passion for the realities of life lived knee-deep in the countryside. . . . Despite the hardships, Urwin still finds the fun in rural life.” —Daily Mail “A wonderfully honest and comic account of what life on a farm is really like.” —Living “With her witty humor and candid descriptions, it’s hard not to fall in love with Sally.” ?Countryman’s Weekly
Author: Sally Urwin Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1782834575 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
Sally Urwin and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland, which they share with two kids, Mavis the Sheepdog, one very Fat Pony, and many, many sheep. Set in a beautiful, wild landscape, and in use for generations, it's perfect for Sally's honest and charming account of farming life. From stock sales to lambing sheds, out in the fields in driving snow and on hot summer days, Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer reveals the highs, lows and hard, hard work involved in making a living from the land. Filled with grit and humour, newborn lambs and local characters, this is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered what it's like on the other side of the fence. 'I am going to do the whole bloody lambing. I'm going to lamb all the lambs. I imagine myself lean and strong, with thin thighs, in attractive waterproof overalls, striding through the lambing shed like I own it. I spend the rest of the evening searching through eBay for waterproof trousers, short leg, size 14, that don't look like a pair of plastic bags stitched together at the crotch.'
Author: Sally Urwin Publisher: Thread ISBN: 1803143762 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
From high heels to welly boots – one woman’s misadventures in becoming a farmer, raising a family and making a living from the land. Sally Urwin was living in a tiny flat in the city with a high-pressure job. She was depressed, surviving off rescue remedies and wine, and longing for a different life when she met and married farmer Steve. Returned to the rolling hills of Northumberland, a place she’d adored as a child, Sally imagined herself wafting around High House Farm in floral dresses followed by a bevy of rosy-cheeked children. The reality is quite different… Sally is usually wearing a jumper covered in sheep poo and bellowing at Mavis the collie to stop chasing Gladys the grumpy pony and her kids are moaning about being dragged outside while she is caring for a ewe who has ingested a poisonous plant after wandering into the neighbour’s field. But despite the chaos of juggling motherhood with running a farm, financial hardship and dealing with poorly animals, the exhilarating freedom of rural life has helped Sally to heal her own body and mind. Lambing season might be backbreaking, but the utter joy in cradling a new-born lamb is worth all the sweat and tears. With a mix of grit, humour and the love of family, Sally shows us that it’s never too late to live the life you’ve always dreamed of. Fans of The Yorkshire Shepherdess will love this hilarious, heartfelt and honest account that will have you howling with laughter and sobbing into your tissues in equal measure. Read what everyone is saying about What the Flock!: ‘I don't know how to tell you how much I loved this book… You just CAN’T go wrong with having the author as narrator.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I don’t even know where to begin!… an amazing memoir that reads like fiction… you will find yourself being sucked into stories… you will laugh and cry… I couldn’t put this book down until I devoured it from start to finish… 1000/10 would read again and again.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘This book was perfect. I loved the honest and wholesome look at life the author provides. It is at sometimes funny and sometimes sad… like talking to a friend.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I don’t know any animal lover that won’t enjoy this book… I related to the female farmer talking about her struggles with the corporate world, and I dreamed along with her that I might be capable of farming and loving on animals all day… I cried over the losses that can come with farm life… will keep you entertained, and I’m going to keep rooting for this family to secure their farm’s future.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘If Bo Peep met the Durrells, they’d happily live alongside Sally Urwin on her Northumbrian farm. An engaging and very, very funny account of a city girl who became a sheep farmer and traded in everything she thought she knew for a life where the four-legged family members rule.’ Freya North ‘I loved this… a joy to read… Honest and funny.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘A beautiful memoir and the way she narrates it in this audio book makes it all the more special… I felt as if I was sat at her table having a cuppa as she told me about her life. Stunning book and I will be buying copies for friends.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I really enjoyed this one… the author is a wonderful storyteller and I enjoyed her humor. I laughed out loud at the stories about Candy, the fat pony.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars
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