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Sue with Tom, Candice, Sarah and Jo with Victor

Spring Magazine Out

[ 1 ] February 28, 2012

Yesterday, we picked up a few copies of the Spring issue of Country Child from our printers, Remous, – literally hot of the press.  We were all longing to see it and check out our biggest mag ever, at 52 pages. As always, we’ve loved putting together this issue and have had great fun along [...]

Potting Up

Did the Earth move for you…?

[ 0 ] February 27, 2012

‘Country Grandpa’ (grandpa to my four children) is retiring soon. As a celebration of this major event, or rather in preparation for it, ‘Country Granny’ decided to send him on a one-day gardening course. As you might imagine, he wasn’t exactly falling over himself with excitement at the prospect of a day hanging out with [...]

Flipping pancakes with the kids

Flipping pancakes with the kids

[ 0 ] February 17, 2012

Shrove Tuesday, better known as Pancake Day – or the day before Ash Wednesday. In keeping with the tradition, many of us will be serve up a few pancakes – apparently because we need to consume as much sugar, fat, flour and eggs as we can before we begin our Lent fasting. We thought we’d [...]

Aaah!  The Sweet Smell of Children

Aaah! The Sweet Smell of Children

[ 0 ] February 1, 2012

My children have spent the last few weeks smelling of fresh, zesty tangerines.  This is all thanks to a very exciting package which arrived from Child’s Farm who have recently launched a range of toiletry products for children. The first thing that strikes you about these products, other than the gorgeous smell, is the fun [...]

Walk on the South West Coastal Trail

Walk on the South West Coastal Trail

[ 0 ] January 18, 2012

Now the children are settled back in school, my husband suggested a nice day out together. I was thinking relaxing spa, shopping in Bath and lunch but realised I was way off track as we arrived in the car park at West Lulworth for what he described as a “lovely walk.” As we began to [...]

Country Child Photoshoot at The Beckford

Country Child Photoshoot at The Beckford

[ 1 ] January 15, 2012

We had a great Country Child photoshoot at The Beckford Arms last week with four gorgeous children.  They modelled a selection of wonderful clothes from many local suppliers, such as The Faithful Elephant, The Urban Meadow, Millie Manu, Picaloulou, Cooking Apple, Tweedies, Guillotine and Minna.  Our Country Child photographer, Millie Pilkington was as always absolutely [...]

Out to Play!

Out to Play!

[ 0 ] December 3, 2011

It’s always difficult to find nice, good quality clothes for boys.  We are loving these t-shirts by UK ethical brand Boys & Girls.  They’re 100% organic cotton and Fairtrade certified so you can feel good buying and wearing them too. The ‘Bright as Day’ tee (£14) comes in green, sizes 4 up to 8 and [...]

Pressing Apples

Pressing Apples

[ 0 ] October 11, 2011

The apples are dropping all over the garden, weighing on both my lawn and my conscience.  This year I will not let them rot but am doubtful that my family is up for an apple pie eating marathon. Turning them to juice seems the obvious option. After an exhaustive search my neighbour finds a Community [...]