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The case of the missing parsnips…
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 chitting our potatoes to grow in a...
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Chicken and Chips!
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 of cheese using ingredients from...
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Of course you can…
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 of people for the first of this year’s...
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New life all around…
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 with the next film in our...
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Come rain or shine…
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; but let’s begin with...
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Jubilee Preparations!
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 film in our series...
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Here Comes the Sun…
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 are coming on nicely, the bees...
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Country in the City…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! The sunshine at the end of May was short-lived and many of us celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee under umbrellas but lots has still been happening in the world of Hen...
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Show and Tell…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! I know it’s very British to talk about the weather all the time, but it really is quite frustrating… The rain seems to be empowering slugs and snails, yet stops bees from...
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Don’t Worry, Bee Happy!
Welcome back to Hen Corner! I’m sorry that we are a bit late with this post, but something rather scary yet exciting happened last week; all will be revealed…We have welcomed some new chickens to Hen...
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Planning the plot
Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine We’ve had a full week back at work and 2014 is well underway. Readers who follow us on Twitter and Facebook will have seen some of the...
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October Offerings…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine Mmm, we really must remember 2014 for the long warm season that began in April and is still proving mild in mid-October, there’s still...
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Half Term Hens & Honey Show…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine We’ve had a great half term holiday as a family which began in Paris to celebrate the first two years of my husband’s business and...
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Buzzing Away…
‘Life is the flower for which love is the honey’* *Victor Hugo Those who read our last post will know that we’ve recently been to Cornwall, staying in a lovely Safari Tent with Classic Glamping…...
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On your marks, get set, GROW!
Regular readers may remember reading about our renovations in the Kitchen Garden earlier this year, the hoops and nets are really successful at keeping the chickens/cats/pigeons/foxes/etc. off our...
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