Wendyl Nissen talks about her new book The Natural Home

ByJulie Biuso 11 December 201830 August 2023 0 Comments

I had a chat with Wendyl Nissen about 10 years ago. About chooks. Although we worked in the same industry at the time (magazineland) our paths had never crossed, but I knew she kept chooks, and as I wanted to get some, I got her number and called her. She’s one of those people who happily shares her knowledge. I like that. I got some chooks, loved them, loved their eggs even more, but after about 4 years, one by one, they popped their clogs, or should I say, took to standing on one leg, refusing even the most exquisite morsels of rocket and snails, and finally, wobbling a bit, fell over and closed their eyes. “Rescue chooks," she surmises. “They don’t last long."

Wendyl, author of seven books, mostly on sustainable living, still keeps chooks at her Hokianga home but has phased out some of the other things she has given a go over the years.

“I enjoy making sourdough bread, and it is such a great thing to have. I did...