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!
It’s great to have wreaths made and on display throughout Advent and up to Epiphany. As evergreens, they are a reminder that not all is dead in winter and their endless ring is a symbol of God’s never ending love for us as he came to earth, as baby Jesus, that first Christmas.
As I write there are a few tickets left on each course, festive refreshments are provided or available to buy at each event, and we’ll supply all that you need to create a wreath to be proud of.
Full schedule for Making Christmas Wreaths:
At Hen Corner: Saturday 7th December, 10am and 1pm
Plus Christmas Wreath Workshops at:
Chiswick Flower Market Sunday 1st Dec, 1-2.30pm
The Bootlegger Vault, Richmond Wednesday 4th Dec, 5-7pm
Special Offer: 20% off Making Christmas Food Gifts
At Hen Corner: Tuesday 10th December (use discount code: ChristmasIsComing)
Our time together will include:
- Preserving Majestic Mango Chutney
- Baking beautiful Fruit and Nut Biscotti
- Handmade Chocolates
- Roasting Bar Nuts
- Packing our goodies into Christmas baskets, wrapping with cellophane and decorating with ribbon
Each guest goes home with their hamper, all recipe sheets, and the confidence to make more for friends and family. Full details here.
Extra date for Introduction to Christmas Baking
At Hen Corner: Tuesday 17th December and Wednesday 18th December
Our ever popular Christmas baking course includes:
- Special Stollen
- Homemade Mincemeat
- Cinnamon Star Bread
- Sweet Shortcrust Mince Pies
Everyone goes home with their hand made bakes, recipe sheets and the confidence to make more at home. Full details here
New Courses for Next Year!
If you are thinking about gifts for others, or want to add something to your own wish list, let me tell you about a couple of brand new courses that have just been published for next year. First up is Making Cheddar, Stilton & Sourdough an exciting *TWO DAY COURSE*, created due to popular request…
This special course has been designed to help you master hard cheese and sourdough bread in ‘real time’. Over the TWO days, you will develop your artisan culinary skills as we separate curds and whey, press cheeses overnight, stretch and fold sourdough bread and so much more… Full details here.
Each summer our Bee Keeping courses are always popular, be that for adults or children, and again, in response to requests, we’ve created a new course Bees for Teens, which will be set at a higher level than our original family course. This is run in the school holidays, is open to High School Students, and we ask that an adult accompanies all participants that are under 18. Full details here.
Other news:
- I’ve checked on the honey bees, seven colonies across three apiaries, each are doing well and have food for winter
- We’ve made the first of our Christmas puddings and have included our home grown figs this year
- A old water storage tank is being repurposed to harvest (all that) rain water on the allotment
Jobs for the week:
- Teach a Linen Christmas Cracker course
- Practice a new biscuit craft for Experience Christmas a fab family event at church
- Collect more foliage for a run of wreath courses
We are on the big countdown now – pace yourself and enjoy every minute!
I hope to see you soon,
Sara
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