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Chickens & Bees

Urban Hens – Keeping Chickens (Virtual Course via Zoom)

Chickens & Bees, Online/Virtual Courses

Introduction to Bee Keeping (Virtual Course via Zoom)

Chickens & Bees, Online/Virtual Courses

Where Does My Food Come From?

Chickens & Bees, Families

Easter at Hen Corner

Chickens & Bees, Families

Bees for Children

Chickens & Bees, Families

A Day at Hen Corner

Bread & Baking, Chickens & Bees, Preserving

Urban Hens – Keeping Chickens in London

Chickens & Bees

Family Feathers & Fun

Chickens & Bees, Families

Full Day Bee Keeping

Chickens & Bees

About Hen Corner

We are Hen Corner. We love the bee keepers, the veggie bed diggers, the jam makers and cider drinkers, the chicken fanciers and the real bread bakers. But not just in the deepest darkest countryside or the far, far away villages but right here in our cities and towns.

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    14th June 2021
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    20th May 2021
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    12th April 2021

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So those ‘figs as big as tennis balls’ that we So those ‘figs as big as tennis balls’ that we showed you 6 weeks ago… They’ve start to ripen so I picked a few today! Weighing in at 190g each they are absolutely delicious 😋 According to my @ocadozoom app, if they were selling them, they would retail at £3 each!!! And ours are grown organically… Enough of my showing off, let’s hope the rest ripen nicely 🎾🎾🎾🎾 #gettingfiggywithit
Loving my new bee keepers boots! They bring a lot Loving my new bee keepers boots! They bring a lot of joy and make wearing my bee suit in this weather a little more bearable 🐝🐝🐝🥵
I just love a bit of Country Living in the City… I just love a bit of Country Living in the City… And not a Mediterranean city - we are here in London… Now to protect them from the pesky squirrels! #peaches 🍑🍑🍑🍑
To infinity and beyond! Very excited about our bea To infinity and beyond! Very excited about our bean bed, with runners reaching high and French around the base… A staple ingredient in our piccalilli 😋
Let’s choose the hottest day of the year (so far Let’s choose the hottest day of the year (so far) to shut all the doors & windows whilst we extract the first harvest of this year’s honey 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯 We do this to stop the bees finding it in the kitchen and taking it back to the hive! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 It’s simply spun from the frame and double filtered before potting up in jars…
All good on the plot today! To the left we have ou All good on the plot today! To the left we have our ‘Three Sisters’ bed with beans climbing up sweet corn whilst squash sprawl around their base. To the right we have spuds! After inspecting the bees, I dug the first large potato and picked some courgette, peas & mange tout to sauté with garlic & shallot as a perfect lunch. Topped with a couple of fried eggs from the girls at home, of course! 🐝🥔🧅🧄🍳🐓
Check out my garlic 🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄and this i Check out my garlic 🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄and this is just the first haul! Brilliant varieties from @garlic_farm on #isleofwight Neatly hung up to dry, ready to use throughout the year, and yes @wardybits, I think we’ll get through it all…
🐝🐝🐝Don’t miss her 🐝👑 …. It’s 🐝🐝🐝Don’t miss her 🐝👑 …. It’s been a rather busy bee week so far! 🐝Monday - Teaching primary school children about bees 🐝Tuesday - Running a Full Day Bee Keeping course 🐝Wednesday - Inspecting 3 colonies, finding and marking this beautiful queen from a swarm I collected 12 days ago 🐝And - Harvesting 12 frames of honey because the bees were running out of space 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯
🐝🌼It’s behind you!!!🌼🐝 Great fun in 🐝🌼It’s behind you!!!🌼🐝 Great fun in school yesterday! Bees need flowers, flowers need bees…
I always need to check how many chicken pics I’v I always need to check how many chicken pics I’ve posted recently as I wouldn’t want them to overshadow all the other fun things that we do, but occasionally, I just catch one of the girls in a perfect pose! This is Baby, she’s a Buff Sussex Bantam ever so sweet… No, I don’t have names for all 22 of our hens 😂
We are always keen to pass on our skills and espec We are always keen to pass on our skills and especially love working with children… This week we had a #homeeducation group visit for ‘Where does my food come from?’ And we have another crowd coming for the same session tomorrow! Thanks to @nellyali for the lovely picture 🥰
The latest addition to our riverside allotment… The latest addition to our riverside allotment… a stove top espresso maker! I think a mug of ‘four shots’ will power me to continue today’s weeding 😂☕️☕️☕️☕️
Thank you to the lovely customers of @chiswickchee Thank you to the lovely customers of @chiswickcheesemarket who sponsored *40 LOAVES* of handmade organic bread to be donated to @hounslow_foodbox 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This is just some of today’s baking that is already being delivered to local families across the borough… 🍞🍞🍞🍞🍞🍞🍞🍞 Thank you!
Thyme for Bee? Thyme for Bee?
Full blog post & press release to come, but we cou Full blog post & press release to come, but we couldn’t wait to tell you: It was announced at noon today that we have won 🏆GOLD🏆 in this year’s @marmaladeawards #worldmarmaladeawards *Currently available at @chiswickcheesemarket (until 3pm today) or on our website (for collection)...
73 loaves baked this morning and in the car ready 73 loaves baked this morning and in the car ready for @chiswickcheesemarket Mmm, who doesn’t love the smell of freshly baked bread...
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