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    Since you've been gone…

    Blog 9th June 2011

    Sorry we haven’t posted for a while… The reason is that we’ve had some very good friends from Australia come to stay with us here at Hen Corner. Richard &…

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    Life is Sweet

    Blog 4th May 2011

    Come and see for yourself… It was a delight to host another Chicken Keeping Course this week, Lisa (pictured with Sara) and Anne are friends who are thinking about hen…

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    Lambs and Eggs for Easter

    Blog 23rd April 2011

    Meet Thoral… He is one of the most wonderful men that you could ever meet. He is an old family friend who has spent the last 40-50 years farming 40…

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    A Year at Hen Corner

    Blog 16th April 2011

    What a year we’ve had…. This time last year, April ’10, we spent weeks lugging bricks around to pave the Kitchen Garden paths. It was a job worth doing but…

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    Mum's the word…

    Blog 3rd April 2011

    Oooh, it was so good to take a serrated knife below the surface of the soil to cut the first ever spears of asparagus here at Hen Corner today. Only…

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    A Week in the Media…

    Blog 20th March 2011

    Good things come in Threes? Or so they say, but this time last year, before this blog had even begun, I didn’t expect to be writing  a post that announces…

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    Goblets and Globes

    Blog 15th March 2011

    ‘Well I’ve heard of Hotmail, but Cold Mail?’ said our friend Elias, who lives with us here at Hen Corner. Why has the crazy lady put her post in the…

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    I'm no April fool…

    Blog 6th March 2011

    Today is a good day! Not everyone will share our excitement, but almost a month earlier than last year, Asparagus Watch has begun. Traditionally, the first day of April is…

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    Fail to plan – plan to fail…

    Blog 26th February 2011

    Determined to get ahead Well, I’m a bit nervous of writing this post as you know what they say about ‘The best plans of men and mice’ but maybe putting…

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    Purple and Orange and Blue…

    Blog 11th February 2011

    I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too! It’s been a colourful week here at Hen Corner. Whilst the weather has fluctuated from brilliant spring sunshine…