Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids and Staying Sane

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Sally Urwin

Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer

A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids and Staying Sane

Sally Urwin

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Profile Books Ltd
28 April 2020

Memoirs; Agriculture & farming; The countryside, country life; Farm & working animals

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.'

By: Sally Urwin
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781788160704
ISBN 10: 1788160703
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sally Urwin is (probably) the shortest farmer in England and lives with her family and a lot of sheep in Northumberland. She used to work in the most depressing job in the world - marketing manager for a bankruptcy practitioner - but made a bid for freedom after nabbing farmer Steve from the Dating Direct website in 2001. www.sallyurwin.com @pintsizedfarmer

Reviews for Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids and Staying Sane

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 *