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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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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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…
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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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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 -
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.
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How exciting – Our book was featured in The Daily Mail today!
Find out more about Living the Good Life in the City here.
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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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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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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…