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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Fowgill Farm on March 03, 2013, 02:28:59 pm
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See aprils country living magazine for a 5 part smallholding feature by TAS's very own Benkt. Another real live author among us.
Great piece of writing well explained.
Mandy :pig:
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Ooh, I don't normally get this magazine but I'm intrigued. Off to the newsagents in the morning I think :D
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Don't rush out just yet, I'm told its only gone to subscribers so far. Wednesday will be your first chance to buy it off the shelf I think! I can't take too much credit for the writing, I just had long chats with one of their journalists, she turned it in to proper sentences!
The good news is that if you like it, there should be a few more of them as they followed us all last year for a 'year in the life of a community farm' so we should be in again!
Ben
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Sounds good. I'll be buying one as well.
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Well done Ben, it must be difficult having people watching your ups and downs, especially the disastrous year most of us had last year with the weather.
Should we ask for autographs now before you are famous ;D
( I'll wait until Wednesday before buying just to make sure I get the right copy ;) )
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Wow, that's great. Might have to go and buy a copy!
Beth
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Don't rush out just yet, I'm told its only gone to subscribers so far.
Yes thats true i was given a subscription as a birthday present, its not a bad magazine but a bit glamping/rosie tinted version of smallholding! Some nice recipes and things to make in it.
Mandy :pig:
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Wow, well done, can see a T V programme :excited:
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Wow! I got it as a present too and have read the article. It was brilliant! I'm so impressed about how well organised you are - it all sounds so well set up. Big :thumbsup:
Hester
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Well done you and your community, you must be doing a good job. TAS is getting all celebrity these days 8)
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Not as well organised as you might think! And I have to say their photographer was brilliant - it was really nice to see pictures of sun and grass and all the other things that we've been missing over the last few months!
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Just to confirm, I popped in to WHSmiths this morning and you can buy the April edition of Country Living off the shelf right now - so do rush out and buy a copy!
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Wow, wonderful, maybe the Drs or Dentist will get it soon as I have no spare cash :innocent:
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I did pick one up today but it was in a plastic bag so I couldn't look through it and the front page didn't appeal to me enough to pay £3.90. I'll see if there's one in the library.
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I'm going to pop and get one it's great to be able to see and read peoples successes that you can associate with on here ;D
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I was bought a sub for my birthday by my sis (I think she thought I was going a bit Clarrie Grundy rather than Country Living :-DDD). So I had read and enjoyed the article, it was a bit more factual than the rather light on information articles they often have, also really enjoyed the welsh mill article. One of the better issues I think. :thumbsup: And very impressed Benkt on your enterprise!
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Well done Benkt :trophy: i like Country living and i'm off to their Spring Fair in London with some Girlfriends for a day out.
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Just remembered to buy a copy when I was in the supermarket yesterday - great issue - Ben, the photos were great and it was a very interesting article - gorgeous children! It does make you wonder when you're reading it how you manage to carry out the whole concept though - you are definately more laid back than me, not sure I could cope with the organisation of everyone and the different personalities involved. Like my privacy too much I think. Will look forward to seeing subsequent articles certainly.
Was a good issue for us, the Welsh Mill - we have a mill which was unfortunately converted to a holiday let before we inherited it otherwise we would have loved to have run a mill, we still have the kiln house (oast house) to convert though which we are considering part farm shop part architect's practice (got to keep both going). We also know the people involved in the Main Street Trading bookshop so that was great to see. Plus we were discussing picking out trees for blossoms and there was an article on that. Very interesting magazine for us, may buy another one next month!
Good luck Ben, enjoyed that, hope it's drier for you this year. :sunshine:
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As an added bonus for you loyal readers, Country Living have also posted a video of me feeding the animals on a rather windy winter afternoon:
http://countrylivinged.com/uncategorized/country-living-at-the-movies (http://countrylivinged.com/uncategorized/country-living-at-the-movies)
We're just finishing the copy for the June issue so there'll be more where this lot came from!
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Ben
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enjoyed the read and the video ;D love to see what others are doing :thumbsup: will look forward to more :sunshine:
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Blimey Ben, you'll be presenting Countryfile soon ;) . As long as you don't usurp Adam Henson, my 10 year old daughter loves him and I really wouldn't want to cross her, shes a feisty ginger!
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Loved the video Ben and I have to say you are a 'natural' in front of the camera. Well done :trophy: :thumbsup: :trophy:
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Blimey Ben, you'll be presenting Countryfile soon ;) . As long as you don't usurp Adam Henson, my 10 year old daughter loves him and I really wouldn't want to cross her, shes a feisty ginger!
Be nice if Ben did, getting a bit cheesed off with the ginger whinger! poor farmer ::) :roflanim:
mandy :pig:
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There's another instalment from our community farm in this month's Country Living (June edition) - I just picked up my copy today!
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That was very natural, great to have a look around while sitting at my desk....well done :thumbsup:
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Bump!
August's issue with another 'share of the smallholding' article is in the shops with some lovely photos of my girls and our goslings!
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Got my copy, despeartely want to win the shepherds hut :love:
Mandy :pig: