When Vanessa Feltz wanted to discuss keeping chickens in London on her BBC Radio London Breakfast Show, we were delighted that she invited Barbara, our Gold Partridge Brahma, and Sara in to the studio for a chat.
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The Green Queens…
This year is the first year that I’ve used a ‘proper’ queen marking pen – yes, there is such a thing – and I haven’t been the most neat of artists whilst using it. Previous years have found me sporting an old bottle of nail varnish and, as you can see in the photo above, blue glitter was quite a favourite. -
Nothing quite epitomises the British summer like berries and cream… This is the theme for our July feature in Country Living Magazine – The Good Life in the City. Country…
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Oops I did it again…
This week on one of my favourite courses, A Day at Hen Corner, I made a classic ‘schoolgirl error’. Well, that might not be the best way of describing it as we didn’t make jam at school – probably too much risk letting teenagers boil sugar to very high temperatures. However, it was a mistake that I’ve made on more than one occasion before. -
This month, in Country Living Magazine, it’s all about the bees in our regular feature: The Good Life – In The City.
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One of the things I love most about Hen Corner is that we share our hobbies and passions for sustainable living with so many other wonderful people.
Recently I’ve spent some time with my friend Elsa who is really living my dream! I know her originally through our Bee Keepers Association and was quick to discover that not only is she a dab hand at making preserves, but she also keeps chickens in her back garden. -
Here is the next feature in our new series in Country Living Magazine, The Good Life – In The City. This month we are talking about growing fruit and starting veg plants from seed…
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It’s always great when local magazines want to profile all that’s going on at Hen Corner, Sophie Farrah of The Chiswick Magazine, has been telling everyone about our egg-citing event Easter at Hen Corner.
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It’s our birthday! I can’t believe that it was nine years ago that Hen Corner came into being.
It all started when we were thinking about a ‘brand name’ for our homemade Christmas chutney label and concluded that Sara’s Preserves was a bit boring. -
We are very excited to announce the start of a new series in Country Living Magazine! Over the next twelve months, Sara will be writing her regular feature The Good Life – In The City, encouraging all to turn their little urban corner green…