My first attempt at blogging was on Wordpress around Christmas 2012 - it didn't last . Next attempt was when I switched to Blogger and began on 4th April 2013. I found it very complicated to work it all out to start with and wasn't helped when I couldn't load photos - only to find that it wasn't my fault at all but a local connection problem.
I never thought about how long the blog would last but knew I liked writing and that's probably the reason for carrying on and still writing ten years later with no plans to give up.
Thought I'd share some photos of the smallholding from the first years of the blog- they make me feel incredibly sad for a life that's gone but proud of all we did to be self-sufficient.
We had 23 years at the smallholding and 8 years after illness forced us to sell up I still miss it.
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Sue
That small holding output is beautiful! You did a great job and I'm sorry you still miss it. You've shaped a good new life for yourself now
ReplyDeleteI remember those pictures and blog posts, Sue. Yup. I've been informally following along for 10 years. Your blog was introduced to me by a dear friend who passed away awhile ago. She so loved your bog, too. I know I'm quiet these days, but am still here reading.
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Oops. She so loved your BLOG, too... not bog. LOL!
DeleteSorry to hear about your friend and nice to hear she liked the blog and you enjoy it too
DeleteLook at all that fabulous fresh food! No wonder you miss it. You are clearly someone who has also worked incredibly hard all your life. It's a great role model for your children.
ReplyDeleteSending hugs, the pictures are lovely,thanks for sharing. Just found out some photos from our old garden, not a small holding but large half acre plot,proud of our efforts, sad that I miss it but realistic that it's all way too much for us now also
ReplyDeleteI think we might have still been there now but doing less if Colin hadn't got ill
DeleteWow, Sue! I'd forgotten just how much you used to do on that small holding. you were (and are) magnificent.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing place and one I'd have loved to use and buy from. Small wonder you miss it. Much love
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your blog. I get such enjoyment from reading it each day.
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Happy Birthday, Blog! xx
DeleteThank you for sharing these pictures. I know that it isn't just the smallholding that you miss, but even more the one who was your soulmate as you worked together for all those years. Your blog continues to delight - congratulations for continuing to post regularly - so many people give up after a year or two. Here's to the next decade...
ReplyDeleteAnd you've been writing even more often and for longer so well done to you too
DeleteGosh, how productive your smallholding was. The only thing I only had LOTS of at our old home was apples (7 trees) and runner beans. Couldn't grow onions to save my life - dunno why. Chard liked it there.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you had such a wonderful life for so long. How big was the smallholding? It was VERY productive.
We had 5 acres, part was campsite, part hayfield and chickens and potato field and the rest round the house
DeleteThat's a lot to keep on top of, as you would have needed to keep the camp site mown and tidy too. I think I am better off watching other people's vegetables being successful than trying to grow my own, though I always have runner beans. The ones in the shops are always so dire. Picked big as possible and hopelessly stringy..
DeleteCongratulations on ten years of blogging. I think I have been reading your blog for most of that time.
ReplyDeleteI am still amazed that two people managed to do all that. As people have said you should be proud of yourself.
Life moves on and as Boud says you have built a good new life at the new place. The smallholding looks lovely and neat and bountiful. I don't know when I started reading your blog but I wasn't reading it then. It was mainly Pat and Gwil who I read in those days. I wonder when I first came to the blog. Anyway I am glad I found you whenever it was.
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DeleteI think that is so. I was thinking that myself later this morning.
DeleteI enjoyed looking t the smallholding photos very much. Yours was the first blog I had ever encountered shortly after you established it.
ReplyDeleteI think I have been reading from the start, Sue, and thank you for sharing these photos of a very bountiful smallholding. It’s good to look back on all you and Colin achieved and to revisit happy memories from a different kind of life. I admire greatly the way you have adapted to how your life is now and it’s lovely when you show us the things you have done to your home now. Kind thoughts today. Catriona
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogaversary and thanks for your diary! What wonderful produce, I particulary like the apricots, being one of my most favourite fruits!
ReplyDeleteHappy 10th blogaversary!! Those photos are wonderful and understandably a reminder of a different time in your life. Our lives are always evolving and changing. It's one of the reasons I love blogging about it and reading other blogs too :-) xxx
ReplyDelete10 years, well done, I too still love blogging, I understand your feeling of sadness from the small holding years, they looked fantastic years,
ReplyDeleteI only found your blog earlier this year and really enjoy your daily posts. Congratulations on your ten year anniversary, the photos of your small holding are amazing .
ReplyDeleteGreat smallholding photos.
ReplyDeleteThat's a past to be proud of. Well done and happy anniversary of your blog.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blog.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely neat vegetable garden and so plentiful. It is sad drifting back into the past but it also shows how happy you were then. Memories are precious.
ReplyDeleteReally great to see the photos, wonderful produce. A life well lived, how wonderful to have been so successful with your smallholding. Jean in Winnipeg
ReplyDeleteHow lovely - all that fresh produce. Congratulations on 10 years blogging, we kept a blog when we lived on a canal boat and I know what a commitment it is.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Happy 10th year for your blog. I enjoy reading along every day. Thank you for writing. I do believe, your small holding will always be a much loved treasure. You must be very proud of all the success and pleasure it brought to you and Col. The bounty is truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your Blogversary. You obviously took great care of your smallholding. I would have loved to have been a customer back then, judging by those photos.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Anniversary! Wishing you many more happy years of writing!
ReplyDeleteWell done for ten years of interesting and informative posts; I’ve followed you for quite a while - I was very impressed at the way you tackled your house move which would have tried the patience of a less determined individual.
ReplyDeleteI love your monthly financial roundups in particular and have used quite a few of your economising tips.
I hope you continue to blog regularly.
I'm glad you enjoy reading - there have been so many house moves!!
Deletedidn't realize the size of your operation there as a small holding. looks big to me. i see why you miss it. [tough typing with right hand in cast.]
ReplyDeleteWe had 5 acres of land at the smallholding. I should think typing with one hand is very awkward!
ReplyDeleteYou both clearly worked hard on the smallholding. I know just from our small garden how hard it must have been on some days.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the lovely photos. Happy blogging anniversary!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful produce, how it thrived!
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures of the small holding. Your work shows up perfectly. Congratulations on your blogging anniversary.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Congratulations on ten years of blogging. I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your smallholding and all the lovely produce . How very neat you kept your place!! Granny Marigold
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on 10 years of blogging! I love reading your blog. Reminds me of home. Your smallholding looks amazing. It's lovely that you did blog about it as you can read the memories and photos like a diary. Hopefully, they will be great memories to share with your family for years to come!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blogging anniversary. You've got a friendly blog that I enjoy. PS: That was a very productive small holding you had. Jeesh!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on ten years blogging. Your smallholding was so productive with all the lovely fruit and vegetables. Hard work and happy memories:)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 10 year aniversay! I used to like Wordpress and had a book blog there called Novel Meals. Then they changed the editing format and I was lost.
ReplyDeleteI very much enjoyed your photos of your small holding and all the gorgeous tomatoes and more.
What fantastic memories - the best ones all ways blend joy with sorrow at what has passed. But your blog is permanent memory too - ten years of memories in fact. Have you ever considered printing it. Blog2Print is a good service that can convert it to a saveable PDF format for very little cost. You can also select posts and print them a special 'home book', which forms a lovely family memory.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful memories. I wonder when I first started reading your posts, I should imagine it was quite early on when I still blogged on Our New Life in the Country. I see lots of hard work in all that neatness and the wonderful fruit and vegetable offerings ... and all those eggs. I do miss having chickens but it's nice to look back at what we did through old blog posts isn't it. Facebook memories is throwing a lot of old photos of pigs, sheep and chickens as me at the moment.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Sue. I am so glad I discovered your blog and that you contnue. And what a wonderful collection of photos. I especially love the food. You certainly maxed out the benefits of your smallholding!
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