Helen Rebanks

May 21, 2024 | plough.com | James Rebanks |Helen Rebanks |Peter Mommsen |Susannah Black Roberts

James and Helen Rebanks talk about raising sheep and cattle in the Lake District. James describes the landscape where their families have lived for six hundred years, and how they have begun practicing regenerative agriculture as a way of restoring the land that recent conventional agriculture had damaged. He gives details about the sheep and cattle herds and the grazing systems they’ve established.

Apr 23, 2024 | newsandstar.co.uk | Paul McTaggart |Helen Rebanks

The producers' market was full of smiling faces (Image: Taste Cumbria/Tom Kay) The Taste Cumbria festival of 2024 returned to Wigton for its fourth year, attracting thousands of visitors. Bathed in sunshine, visitors browsed the producers’ market and tucked into hot food and cold drinks from the visiting traders and town’s eateries, as well as watching live music and some fun family entertainment.

Jan 8, 2024 | plough.com | Helen Rebanks

I stare at the little digital clock in the car, which lights up as the engine starts. We have six minutes to get to school before the bell rings. I might just make it. I look back at the three of them in the back seat as I fasten my seat belt. “Don’t spill crumbs, please,” I scold Isaac as he nibbles his toast. He drips honey down his fingers and looks at me like he is deeply sorry, but carries on. “I’ve brought you a banana as well.

Oct 5, 2023 | apg-wi.com | Helen Rebanks

“Hi ho, the derry-oh.”In the old children’s song, “The Farmer’s in the Dell,” and lots of things happen. His child takes a dog and the dog takes a cat. Rats appear, and mice arrive. It sounds like dreadful chaos in merry lyrics with a bouncy tune. Fortunately for the poor guy, he makes one decision before he does anything else: he takes a spouse and in “The Farmer’s Wife: My Life in Days” by Helen Rebanks, that’s a very good thing. She said she’d never marry a farmer.

Oct 4, 2023 | marconews.com | Helen Rebanks

"The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days" By Helen Rebanks c. 2023, Harper Horizon $29.99, 312 pages Hi ho the dairy-oh. In the old children's song, the farmer's in the dell and lots of things happen. His child takes a dog and the dog takes a cat. Rats appear, and mice arrive. It sounds like dreadful chaos in merry lyrics with a bouncy tune.