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.

This edition of Celebrating the Seasons is updated with more heartwarming stories from the farm at Ravenseat.

In the Sunday Times bestseller Celebrating the Seasons, the Yorkshire Shepherdess 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 in spring to haymaking in summer and feeding the flock in midwinter. She vividly evokes the famous Swaledale landscape, from the sweeping moors to rare wildflowers and elusive hares glimpsed in the field.

Amanda lives in tune with nature, and her attitude to food is the same. 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. The book also includes her Dalesman columns, published in book form for the first time and giving new insights into her life.

As charming as Amanda herself, this book will delight everyone who has followed her adventures so far.

A charming book by Amanda Owen, star of Our Yorkshire Farm, giving an intimate view of life at Ravenseat for herself, husband Clive and their nine children.

About the Author

Amanda Owen grew up in Huddersfield, but was inspired by the James Herriot books to leave her town life behind and head to the countryside. 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.

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 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.

Reviews
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. * Daily Mail *
[It's] got the right measure of farming information, mixed with Amanda's delicious recipes and peppered with her signature Huddersfield humour * Northern Life Magazine *
Includes ... recipes for wild mushroom soup, hedgerow nutty crumble - and happiness * Saga *
[Full] of ... favourite family recipes * Yorkshire Post *
Amanda's accounts of each month's challenges are both gripping and poetic . . . will appeal to anyone who loves Yorkshire or the thought of country life * Woman's Weekly *



Book Information
ISBN 9781035005604
Author Amanda Owen
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 297g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 23mm