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Welcome back to Hen Corner! At last we have some sunshine!  We can’t believe that the weather has turned around so quickly, but we’re not complaining. Our fruit and nuts…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! What a week!  We’re excited about hatching new chicks, we’re worried about our bees and we’re expecting another schools visit but let’s begin with another…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week has revealed lots of green growth in the garden (all that rain!), opportunity for some inside jobs, and preparation for next month’s courses;…

This week we are celebrating our 2nd Birthday! We’ve been living the country life in London, keeping chickens, growing food, etc. for several years now, but telling the story on…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week has brought us our first schools visit to Hen Corner, some Spring planting and we successfully managed the Shook Swarm; but let’s begin…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week has brought us our first spears of asparagus, sore thumbs (as we’ve been making frames for a new beehive) and a lovely group…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! We had a fantastic surprise this week in a free delivery of wood chips for the ‘Henclosure’ and have been experimenting with a new variety…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week we have started hardening off the peas in the cold frame, choosing which breeds of chickens we’d like to hatch this Spring, and…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week we’re giving porridge to our hens, enjoying our first bantam eggs and are pleased to be included in Olive magazine (March), but first…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week we’re asking why only half our peas are germinating, reporting back from Chiswick House Kitchen Garden and preparing for a Shook Swarm…but first…