This month on the family farm: 'Add in a second toddler and you have a kind of wonderful farm carnage'

Emily Ashworth
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This month on the family farm: 'Add in a second toddler and you have a kind of wonderful farm carnage'

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, and the balance between motherhood and farming...

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