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Sara Ward

  • Blog

    Our Cheese Journey Continues

    Blog 26th October 2023

    Keep reading for our Country Living Christmas Competition…
    I am so loving my relationship with cheese, and whilst I’ve been making it for around 13 years, my intrigue and passion was reignited last October when we visited Kerry in Ireland and met a Dutch man who makes Gouda cheese in his converted spare bedroom using milk from his Jersey cows that he keeps down the lane.

  • Sharon Smith found out about Hen Corner when she visited RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival earlier this year. We were there with a few of our hens promoting the book…

  • We’ve enjoyed sharing our book with magazines, newspapers and TV shows and the response has been really encouraging.
    The October issue of Kitchen Garden magazine includes an extract from our section on keeping chickens and tells the story of how my grandparents’ hens kept their East End neighbours supplied with eggs during the war…

  • Blog

    Pressing On…

    Blog 28th September 2023

    September is the perfect month to get pressing!
    Be that olives for oil, grapes for wine, apples for cider or experimenting with our new cheese press.

  • Media

    Hello! Magazine – September ‘23

    Media 7th September 2023

    Hello! Magazine – What a surprise… Eventbrite, our booking platform, asked us to support them in a fun challenge where competition winner Jennifer Barton would join an exciting event every…

  • It’s been great to work with Country Living over the years, both with the magazine and the live events and shows.
    Naturally we were delighted to see that they recommended our book in the ‘Going Greener’ section of this month’s Country Living Magazine.

  • We were delighted that Sophie Farrah, editor of The Richmond Magazine, could join us for the Press Preview of “Living the Good Life in the City”. When she sent over this piece from the August issue she said ‘I am LOVING the book! xx’

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    BBC Radio London – August ’23

    Media 21st August 2023

    Last week I was talking to Jumoké Fashola of BBC Radio London as part of her regular feature on ‘Unusual Professions’. We talked about how I left my city banking job and am now farming my garden… From high heels to welly boots!

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    Premier Radio – August ’23

    Media 18th August 2023

    This week, I was delighted to contribute to Inspirational Breakfast on Premier Radio chatting to Mal Pope about my new book, producing our own food, and the earliest biblical reference…to…

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    Daily Express – August ‘23

    Media 14th August 2023

    Thank you, Hannah Britt of the Daily Express, for this full page feature sharing some of our story, top tips and featuring our book! I love this central photo, showing…