Our Farm Diary

One of the best things about January is that it allows us time to slow down and prepare for the spring. It can feel like everything has ground to a halt and the month has gained more days from somewhere but really, January gets a bad rep… It’s a period of rest and recuperation as well as promise and preparation. Filling up the bird feeders and observing what arrives whilst spending ten minutes looking at what’s already growing in the borders will show you just how much life i

Winter often carries a reputation for cold, darkness, and lack of life. Yet, beneath the surface, it offers a unique opportunity to pause, reflect, and prepare for #growth. Learning to embrace #winter as a season of #rejuvenation can transform how we approach challenges and change. This post explores how to master the art of wintering by understanding its rhythms, nurturing yourself, and finding meaning in quiet moments. Embracing the Winter Rhythms #Wintering is more than en

If you follow us on social media (if not, please do!), you'll have seen that at the beginning of the week we launched something we've been busy working on and are very excited to share with you, 'The Considered Living Collective'. The Considered Living Collective is a space where living a considered, slower paced, seasonal life is both explored and celebrated. It’s no secret that the speed of modern life is contributing to the decline in people’s mental health, yet it can som

We go on about living simply and a more considered lifestyle in our day to day lives, with it following through to how we run our homestead and our everyday values. At Evans & Moose we try and strike a balance, so we are self sufficient without shunning modern society, we manage to blend the two making for a more sustainable business and way of living. They're values we lean back on when things can feel overwhelming or like they're moving at a pace you just can't maintain, Ch

Right, first things first, if you've followed our #renovation journey so far, you might have noticed that some of the photos in our posts aren't your typical staged influencer pictures... firstly, we're not influencers. We share our journey as normal people, soaking up whatever weird, mundane or magical thing life throws at us, hoping to bring some down to earth #realism to the staged world that is sometimes presented to us on those tiny screens! Secondly, part of simple livi

Ok, so it's a little under the first year since the #willow cuttings went into the ground but it feels like the right time to blog about our progress so far as we reach the end of the first season. If you've followed our social media accounts (and if not, why not?!) you might have seen that back in march we set about planting over 300 willow cuttings in one of our tops fields. Let's back track... we've been on our own farm now for about two and a half years, but we decided no

A lot of small businesses are finding this Christmas build up slower than usual, the dreaded budget with all the doom and gloom associated headlines isn't helping, but we thought we'd do a quick blog post of how easy it actually is to support small businesses. So, here are five easy things you can do that will make a difference to a small business in the run up to Christmas and beyond. Read their Blogs Chances are most small businesses have a blog like this one. It can be lo

When we were looking to purchase our own smallholding, the space for our business to grow and thrive was a non negotiable so, when we viewed our now farm, the old Shippon was the perfect candidate for the forge. Some of it, as you may already have seen, has been transformed in our floristry and willow workshop with the other half now occupied by our forge and blacksmith's workshop! Firstly, we had to get the forge from our previous property two hours away. Armed with an Enter

We know Christmas gift buying can swing one of two ways... you're either done by the first week of November or still buying right up till the big man Father Christmas is due to arrive (ok, we know not everyone falls into these brackets, some people love Christmas shopping), but whichever way you go, we've got some great gifting ideas included in our 2025 Christmas Gift Guide below! Obviously, not everything we stock is included below so please don't forget that, in addition t

So, a farmhouse is never truly complete without a pantry so we decided that, what was the utility room, needed to have a bit of an upgrade and become a self sufficient enthusiasts dream storage space. This needed to be a multipurpose space, where we could store the dogs' bits and bobs, do laundry, be a walk in pantry and, provide a space for our farming jackets and overalls etc. The previous owners left us with a handy storage bench which, combined with an open space to hang

It's no secret that as autumn and winter set in, many people feel mixed emotions ranging from fatigue and lack of energy to full blown sadness. In this post we've included five easy ways to help cope as the nights draw in. If we look at the principles of slow, seasonal living, we're encouraged to embrace the longer nights as a time of reflection, self care, creativity and most importantly, as a time of reset. Many people don't realise it, but during the spring and summer, the

When we were looking at houses, space for a home office was a must and after some minor #renovations and some major #redecorating the home office we've created makes working from home a dream! It's certainly one of my favourite rooms in the house. Office when we first viewed the property. It's not the biggest room but with a few handmade bespoke pieces of furniture we've created a workable space for two people as well as being home to a few decent size techy bits, lots of boo

Ok, first of all, let me tell you that I'm writing this blog after six hours on the phone to Companies House and Gov.UK today alone, so the content might be fuelled by frustration, caffeine and the need to express myself through varying degrees of profanity... but, we thought this would be an interesting post showing just a few highs and lows of #smallbusiness ownership in the UK. Now, this is solely based on our experience and #business and I'm sure other people will have di

The old small cattle shed screamed out to be utilised as one of our #workshops. We decided it would be better suited to the #floristry and #willow side of Evans & Moose, already having a slate roof and thick stone walls meant any flowers stored in there would stay nice and cool. A simple #renovation for one of the first we tackled. Step one? Clear out all the rubbish! The space had mainly been used as a wood and coal store by the previous owners so we needed to clear out all

They say #moving house is one of the most stressful things you do in your life, I don't know who 'they' are but let me tell you... they are correct! Well partially. We actually didn't find the moving part so stressful, despite the fact we were moving a business and a menagerie of #animals as well, it was the searching part that got us. We had always said we would move wherever the right house was, location was on the lower end of the tick list, this didn't sit well with a few

So, in just under a month, we'll have had the keys to our very own little slice of #YnysMôn for two whole years... considering it took us well over a decade to get here, it still feels like a dream! It certainly is a dream come deservedly true. Over the past two years we've been focused on #renovation and #decoration and found all the trials and tribulations of renovating a period property on a budget. We've also discovered new skills and new not so skills... s

What a year it's been!

Ok, so I might have underestimated how long it had been since we last published a blog post... I looked back at the date on the last one and was quite shocked to see it had been over a year! Sorry about that! Now we know getting your #business out there is a lot about maintaining a presence online in whatever form, but let's be honest, sometimes life is just too busy to document, too busy to allow you to stop and take stock of what's around you and this last year has been no

We've been wanting to write this little farm update blog post for ages now but it just didn't seem right writing about all the great things #spring holds while there was snow on the ground... (at the risk of sounding very British, what about this weather hey?!) but, fingers crossed, just like the bluebells lining our woods, it's finally safe to poke our heads above ground and enjoy the spring sunshine! Not that we've been hiding away, we've been busy with lots of projects at

So it's been just over a month since we officially launched Evans and Moose!