Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess: Farming, Family and Delicious Recipes to Share (Yorkshire Shepherdess, 4)

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This edition of Celebrating the Seasons is updated with more heartwarming stories from the farm at Ravenseat. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The updated edition, published September 2022 from Amanda Owen – shepherdess, wife, mother of nine children, bestselling author and star of C5’s Our Yorkshire Farm – that brings her world to life in glorious colour. Our Yorkshire Farm, about the life of the Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen and her family is Channel 5’s highest rated factual programme, with nearly four million viewers.

Retreat to the countryside with shepherdess Amanda Owens as she recounts stories from her life on the farm, of raising nine children and cooking beautiful, seasonal meals - complete with the recipes for you to enjoy at home. Accompanied by some of Amanda's wonderful photography, we’ll experience the joys and challenges of remote farming life, from lambing and shearing in spring to haymaking in summer and feeding the 1000-strong flock in mid-winter. She and her family are the subject of Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm and have appeared in ITV’s The Dales and in Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild.In this warm-hearted and informative show, Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen shares memorable moments and charming stories from her remarkable farming, family life in North Yorkshire. Would love a book on the story of Anty John's now, its history, development, and renovation to a liveable condition. However I just wanted to say to her that I think it is time that she got off the media merry-go-round while she's at the top of her game. We’ll hear how she juggles life as a shepherdess and mother to nine children, with life as a best-selling author and her many TV appearances on shows such as The Dales, New Lives in the Wild, Springtime on the Farm and Our Yorkshire Farm. After a period of milking cows and working as a contract shepherdess and alpaca shearer, she eventually settled down in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, where she has stayed for over twenty-five years, living and working in one of the highest and most remote places in England.

In Celebrating the Seasons, Amanda shares funny and charming stories about life with her family and their many four-legged charges and describes their activities at Ravenseat, from lambing and shearing to haymaking and feeding the flock in midwinter. We’ll hear how Amanda grew up in Huddersfield, but was inspired by James Herriot’s books to leave her town life behind and head to the countryside. The book covers the last couple of years, and the TV series, but a lot of very interesting additional information too and some excellent adaptable recipes. It's time the Owens were allowed enjoy Ravenseat in relative peace without constant scrutiny and sniping. I shall be keeping this book and not passing it on to friends, as I have done with previous paperbacks about the Yorkshire Shepherdess.I bought this delightful book on publication day out of solidarity with Amanda Owen - a woman I greatly admire. Warm, witty and filled with unforgettable characters, Celebrating the Seasons will delight anyone who has dreamt of a new life in the country and enjoyed following Amanda's story so far.

Amanda is the mother of nine children, a passionate photographer and the author of the top ten bestsellers The Yorkshire Shepherdess , A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess , The Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess , Tales from the Farm and Celebrating the Seasons , which was shortlisted for Non-Fiction Lifestyle Book of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards. She vividly evokes the famous Swaledale landscape, from the sweeping moors to rare wildflowers and elusive hares glimpsed in the field. After working as a freelance shepherdess, cow milker and alpaca shearer, she eventually settled down as a farmer’s wife with her own flock of sheep at Ravenseat. She has also regularly appeared on TV in shows such as The Dales , Winter Walks , New Lives in the Wild , Springtime on the Farm and Our Yorkshire Farm . We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.She believes in using good, seasonal ingredients when it comes to feeding her family, and includes some of her favourite recipes here, from wild garlic lamb with hasselback potatoes to rhubarb and custard crumble cake and Yorkshire curd tart. It has played host to some of the best music acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, Mcfly, Status Quo, to name a few.