Whilst I’m watching our squashes and pumpkins swell and ripen on the allotment, we are planning for harvest and preserving in this month’s column, The Good Life in the City, in Country Living Magazine…
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When I first claimed the domain name HenCorner.com, 10 years ago, to start blogging our journey toward urban self sufficiency, I naturally wanted to set up a couple of email addresses. Info@ sounded too impersonal, Office@ and Admin@ just sounded too ‘corporate’ and didn’t really communicate that we were intending to spend most of our time in the garden!
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This month, in our regular column ‘The Good Life – In the City’, in Country Living Magazine, we are collecting in the honey harvest from our bees…
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Remembering the hot weather that we’ve had over the last couple of summers, and the brilliant sunshine we have currently, this month’s column in Country Living Magazine is all about helping the animals beat the heat…
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It was great to chat with radio presenter Josh Carter for his regular podcast The Good News Show, take a listen to hear about some of the things we’ve been thankful for recently…
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I’ve been chatting to a miller that I know, the lovely Emily at Wessex Mill in Wantage near Oxford, and she explained what’s been happening to all the flour recently.…
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We have got so much good news to share with you this week. First, we are announcing the winners of our 10th Anniversary Draw, then we are telling you all about Celebrate at Home with Country Living, finally, we’ve transitioned a number of our courses to online/virtual sessions allowing you to join us via Zoom to learn new skills. Good news all round, yes?
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This month I’m writing about the fabulous Introduction to Ice Cream course that I did with the lovely Kitty Travers at the School of Artisan Food last year… Check out her recipe for Strawberry Semifreddo in our regular column, The Good Life in the City, in the latest issue of Country Living Magazine.
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This month, April 2020, marks the 10th Anniversary of Hen Corner, our Urban Smallholding in West London! We had been gearing up for all kinds of wonderful celebrations and, sadly, it turned out that we couldn’t invite guests to join us for the big day over the Easter weekend.
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We are now starting to approach the wonderful, but narrow, window of opportunity for making Elderflower Cordial. Find our recipe and top tips in our regular column, The Good Life in the City, in the latest issue of Country Living Magazine.