There always seems to be a lot to celebrate in February, the days are eventually getting longer again, the hens are starting to lay eggs regularly after their winter break, Valentine’s Day, my allotment anniversary, Andy’s birthday and, of course, it’s REAL BREAD WEEK!
Our latest post on The Chiswick Calendar – Sara Ward on Living the Good Life: It’s time to celebrate Real Bread Week at Hen Corner in Brentford! In this month’s guest…
This February issue of Gardeners’ World Magazine includes the second part of my series ‘Growing the Good Life’.
With a focus on how we started developing the allotment, after 15 years on the waiting list, this piece encourages us to plan ahead for the coming growing season.
When we ‘grow our own’ we save money, reduce our carbon footprint and enjoy both the time outside and the fruits of our labour.
Whilst everything is cold and frosty, the grass is crunchy underfoot, I need to break ice on the chicken’s water each day (and smash ice on the lake for my morning swim) – there’s no way that I’m going to be able to dig up that deep rooted horseradish, so I’ll stay in the warm and crunch numbers instead.
Our latest post on The Chiswick Calendar – Sara Ward on Living the Good Life:
It’s marmalade time at Hen Corner in Brentford. In this month’s guest blog Sara Ward explains why it has to be Seville oranges and why it has to be now. Plus full details of the exciting new TWO DAY cheese course…
Read the full post on The Chiswick Calendar website.
I was so excited to hold this first issue of Gardeners’ World 2025 in my hands as this includes the beginning of my year long series of Growing the Good Life.
I’ll be sharing tips and tricks from both the garden here at Hen Corner and the allotment and hope that it will encourage readers to have a go at trying new crops throughout the year.
We’ll also be posting short films on social media each month, so do subscribe to see all that we are up to!
With Christmas blessing to all our course guests, customers and readers. We hope to see you in 2025! Sara and all at Hen Corner Merry Christmas from Hen Corner! was…
Our latest post on The Chiswick Calendar – Sara Ward on Living the Good Life: Apple and chilli jelly, beeswax candles and an edible Advent Christmas wreath are among the Christmas…
With Christmas Day literally one month away, Stir Up Sunday is behind us, the Advent Calendars will be refilled and displayed this weekend, and we are busy foraging for foliage as we prepare for the Big Christmas Wreath Week!
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Wow, our Christmas Wreath Workshop at Page8 Hotel, Trafalgar Square has been featured as one of the best Christmas events in The Women’s Journal – how exciting!