Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine Our last post told you about the great time that we had on our Feather Down Farm Holiday, this week we are telling you more about Billingsmoor, the Farm in Devon where we stayed. By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing! Billingsmoor […]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine We have discovered the perfect way to enjoy a bit of the countryside, and a well deserved treat, when you have a few days to escape from the city. We’ve just come back from a Feather Down Farm Holiday on Billingsmoor Farm in Devon […]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine At last the sun is shining, the trees are in blossom, the bees are flying and all of our chickens are laying, except for Broody Butternut who is trying to hatch chicks from the other girls’ offerings… Our courses are well under way with [...]

This week our blog is three years old… As featured in Country Living Magazine Thank you to all our subscribers and regular readers, we are thrilled to have welcomed nearly 50,000 visits. If you’d like to get a taste of the life for real, why not join us on one of our courses? As we [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine So it’s Easter weekend and I’ve just received an email from the Nation Bee Unit warning us that due to the cold weather our bees are at risk of starving, we were due to go on an exciting camping holiday with Feather Down Farm [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine Well it’s still pretty chilly and our bees are too cold to venture out of the hive but Spring is officially here. Today, 20th March, the sun has crossed directly over the earth’s equator giving us the same amount of day and night meaning [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! As featured in Country Living Magazine Whilst it was sad to hear the news that Good Life actor Richard Briers had died, the legacy that his character Tom Good has left sees a new generation pull on their wellies. This week we look at a bride to be,  London school [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! Featured in Country Living Magazine Whilst it still feels pretty cold, the longer days and the brilliant sunshine that we are being blessed with (albeit occasionally!) is a sign of things to come. As bulbs are sprouting and buds appear on the trees, we can be assured that Spring is [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! Featured in Country Living Magazine I do I like them Sam I am… When my son, James, was very young I used to poach eggs in food colouring to serve him a lunch that reflected one of his favourite Dr Seuss books, but now our Columbine hybrid hen has started [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! Featured in Country Living Magazine And, as Neil from The Young Ones says, ‘We eat the seed’, I guess this is showing my age… But as a food lover, my mouth was watering as I was working in the garden this afternoon, although the fruits of my labour won’t be [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! We hope that you have had a good break over Christmas and are now looking ahead at all the opportunities that 2013 may hold. If, like us, you’d like to weave a little bit more of the country life into your busy day to day schedule then maybe you could [...]

And on earth peace to all Hens! With love for a very Happy Christmas and every blessing for the New Year, From all at Hen Corner By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing!   Have a good week yourself… Join us on the Journey!

Welcome back to Hen Corner! November has ended and Advent brings a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Christmas. We’ve designed this year’s Christmas card and have 20 to give away to the next new blog subscribers to welcome those who join us on the journey! As temperatures drop excitement rises [...]

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 me meeting a wonderful woman who started following me on Twitter when she got her [...]

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 up on logs for our woodburner stove. This post definitely has an autumnal feel and starts with treating [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! I can’t believe that it’s October already, and even waking up on Monday 1st brought the reminder of the season change as I heard the rain falling on the Velux window above our heads and noticed that our alarm clock went off before the sun was up… By subscribing (box [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! Our last post was all about milk and this one is about honey… We’ve had an exciting time recently which has welcomed new chicks, been packed with preserving and celebrated our first full honey harvest! By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing! Don’t count your chickens.. I must [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! We’ve just returned from a family holiday in France where we enjoyed it’s wonderful bread, wine, cheese and charcuterie. Whilst watching cows in the fields and enjoying the odd Creme Brulee, I wondered why most of their milk is UHT… By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing! Sticky [...]

Welcome back to Hen Corner! We’ve realised that we haven’t been living up to our name recently and have been writing about bees, garden shows and the fruit and veg that we are growing here, so this post is all about the hens…! By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing! ‘Free at last!’ [...]

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 Corner, are picking loads of loganberries and the asparagus season has come to an end. By subscribing (box right) [...]