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Sara Ward

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    The Great Taste Awards 2023

    Blog 1st August 2023

    This morning I woke a little twitchy, the day I had been waiting for has eventually arrived.

    It was last Christmas that I started to decided which of our specials we should enter into the Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards, I submitted the entries in January and we prepared, packaged and delivered them in March.

    Then we waited. Until 10am today.

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    Roots and All – July ’23

    Media 17th July 2023

    Recently, I spoke to Sarah Wilson of Roots and All for her weekly podcast, we chatted about:
    What prompted us to set up Hen Corner, How much can you grow in your average urban garden? Keeping animals, Getting rid of waste from the garden, Preserving food, Looking after things when you’re away. Listen via link in post

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    BBC Radio London – July ’23

    Media 16th July 2023

    This morning I was talking to Robert Elms of BBC Radio London about Living the Good Life in the City, both our lives here at Hen Corner and the book.

    Listen via link in post

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    The Daily Mail – July ’23

    Media 14th July 2023

    How exciting – Our book was featured in The Daily Mail today!

    Find out more about Living the Good Life in the City here.

  • When Country Living Magazine asked for some top tips for living more sustainably, we were delighted to share how we try to use our LOAF when shopping and naturally pointed…

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    Land of Milk and Honey

    Blog 28th June 2023

    When I first heard that phrase, in Sunday School as a child, my mind conjured up a very sticky scene akin to ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ with waterfalls of honey and rivers of milk, it sounded rather sickly – not somewhere I wanted to live. Over the years, I’ve realised that milk and honey are simply the evidence, the fruit, of a very fertile, lush land. Bees can only make honey with bountiful flowers around and milk flows strongest when the animals are happy in pasture. This month I’ve milked a sheep and harvested honey, with minimum sticky mess…

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    And then there were NINE!

    Blog 8th May 2023

    Last month, we had our first Full Day Bee Keeping course and, as we went through each of the three colonies in the garden, I explained to our guests that it can take a while for them to build up after winter. Fortunately, this didn’t lead to complacency as within three days, another of our colonies was planning to swarm…

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    Egg-citing Days Ahead…

    Blog 16th March 2023

    *Subscribe to our blog (bottom of page) as the next post is our Book Cover Reveal* Eggs in our baking If you follow us on Instagram, you will have seen…