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.
As the sun starts to shine, the honey bees venture out of the hive and we can check that all is well. If we are changing their frames of wax comb, we can clean up the old wax to make candles and beeswax food wraps. Read all about it in this month’s column, The Good Life in the City, in Country Living Magazine.
It was great to chat with radio presenter Josh Carter for his regular podcast The Good News Show, take a listen to hear about some of the things we’ve been thankful for recently…
This month, in our regular column with Country Living Magazine, we are looking at how we prepare the garden for spring, especially with the bees, the chickens and the soil…
This month, in Country Living Magazine, it’s all about the bees in our regular feature: The Good Life – In The City.
We are very excited to announce the start of a new series in Country Living Magazine! Over the next twelve months, Sara will be writing her regular feature The Good Life – In The City, encouraging all to turn their little urban corner green…
It’s always great when local magazines want to profile all that’s going on at Hen Corner, thanks to Sophie Farrah of The Chiswick Magazine, our local community can be kept up to date!
The days are long, there’s time for fun… Come and join us this summer! We have a wonderful programme of courses and events over the coming months, both here at…
I first met the author Francine Raymond when we were interviewed together at the Country Living Spring Fair back in 2015. When she was commissioned to write this book last year, I was delighted that she wanted to include a chapter on Hen Corner. Photographer Bill Mason joined us for a family course last summer to take lots of beautiful pictures and now we are proud to have one of the first copies of this lovely book in our hands. Further copies can be ordered here.
‘A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower.’* *Kin Hubbard I normally do tend to pack a lot into my time,…