River Cottage

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… As subscribers to Hen Corner will know we’ve spent weeks (and months) in preparation and anticipation for this special season Read More ›

Well we’ve made the cake and puddings, ordered the goose and ham and have three varieties of cheese ripening ready for the festivities… We are certainly thinking about food for Read More ›

  I know it’s that time of year when we are all looking out for extra parcels…be that Christmas shopping that we’ve ordered online or lovely gifts being sent to us by Read More ›

  Call us Tom and Barbara…. But recently I’ve been discovering just how useful the bees are and hopefully will be. We all love a bit of honey on toast and we’re hoping Read More ›

Happy Apple Day! Mmm, as I type we have a Herman the German Apple Friendship Cake baking in the oven and what better day to enjoy it? Today, 21st October, is Apple Day, where all Read More ›

  Believing in community – doing it together… We’ve had lots of fun withfriends this month; life is so much more enjoyable when you are journeying with companions. Here Read More ›

It’s that time of year… We've sown & grown, watered & weeded and now it’s time for harvest. ‘That’s the best bit’, I hear you say, but here at Hen Read More ›

Subscribers of www.HenCorner.com who have been following our journey will remember Plan Bee from last year… Well we have now completed all four phases and have had the garden Read More ›

  Black and Yellow have been key colours that have repeated themselves over and over again this week… First, as promised, here is our ‘Chick Update’: Butternut (yellow) Read More ›

Let us introduce you to the First Four! As regular readers and subscribers know, we decided to try hatching some fertile eggs under Broody Butternut. We are on day 19 and these three cuties have Read More ›