In 1982, Jackie Moffatand her familyarmed with a bucketload of optimism, stout boots, and a highly developed sense of the ridiculous moved from London to Cumbria. Their destination was the Eden Valley, and a small stock-rearing and dairy farm called Rowfoot. There they have spent the last20 years getting to grips with the practice of running a working farm, keeping sheep, cattle, pigs, and horses, becoming part of the community, and coping with the ups and downs of farming life."

Jackie Moffat returns with a new volume of autobiography that brings to life the trials and tribulations, the occasional pitfall and the many pleasures of running a small working farm in one of the most beautiful parts on EnglandCumbria, and more specifically the Eden Valley. In her own inimitable way, Jackie Moffat takes her readers through a year in the life of Rowfoot farm, what each season brings and the many individuals (both two- and four-legged) who contribute to making it such a colourful, entertaining and often rather eccentric experience. Wonderfully observed, witty and wisea year...