‘Tis the season…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! We’ve been blogging for a few years now and it’s a delight to welcome each new season with expectancy. Summer has gone, the bees are tucked up for winter and we’ve stocked...
View ArticleHoney and Mustard…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! This last week has been Half Term and I’ve taken a week off from my day job to spend good time with my children. It started with the National Honey Show and has ended with...
View ArticleAll Change!
Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine We knew that September was going to be busy with harvest time and preserving, but it seems that the page turning on the calendar has...
View ArticlePumpkins for the Party…
Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine Now that the clocks have gone back and the evenings draw in, we take comfort from all that brings warmth and light. Readers who follow...
View ArticleOctober Offerings…
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 food growing in the kitchen garden and it’s not quite coat weather...
View ArticleHalf Term Hens & Honey Show…
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 ended with us picking up a prize at the National Honey Show! Paris...
View ArticleLunch out of a Skip…
‘Garden as though you will live forever.’* *William Kent I love the thought of gardening as an investment for generations, a legacy for the future. I often look at the apple trees in the middle of our...
View ArticleGood for the Bakery, Good for the Bees…
We were delighted, this weekend, to come home from the National Honey Show with an armful of awards! We’ve had a bumper crop of honey, due to all the lovely weather this year, and have been very...
View ArticleBe Prepared – Part One
Is it still too early to be talking about Christmas? Family members have been asking us for gift ideas for months, some people have finished their shopping and the Christmas movies have started up...
View Article2015 – I salute you!
Welcome back to Hen Corner, especially to new visitors since our recent feature in The Guardian. I’m a firm believer that Christmas continues until the twelfth night and remain in the festive spirit...
View ArticleShow Time!
We’ve been out and about recently and it’s been great fun Somehow, we’ve managed to enter three big competitions in three months, which takes time and energy, but have fortunately found it to be more...
View ArticleShow and Tell
It’s certainly getting a bit more chilly and, as one season makes way for another, we have a couple of Shows to Tell you about (not on TV this time)… We are delighted to have been invited back to...
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