Hello and welcome to The Compost Bin. I'm Compostwoman and I live with my family in rural Herefordshire. We have nearly four acres of garden and woodland, all managed organically and to Permaculture principles, which we share with Chickens, Cats and assorted wildlife. We also grow a lot of our own food, run courses in all sorts of things and make a lot of compost!

I am a Master Composter and have spent more than a decade as a volunteer Community Compost adviser with Garden Organic and my local Council.
I'm a self employed Environmental Educator so I run workshops and events where I talk about compost, veg growing, chicken keeping, cooking, preserving and sustainable living. I also run crafts workshops and Forest School/outdoor play sessions in our wood.

We try to live a more self sufficient lifestyle here, as best we can, while still having a comfortable life and lots of fun.


To learn more about us click on the About Compostwoman tab and remember to click on the photos to make them full size!


Saturday, 6 September 2014

Tour of Wales Day 4 - up and around and home through the rain


Up and was greeted by Suki, Ginger, Sue and LH with tea and breakfast - a very good breakfast I might add! LH had to go and do some work but Sue showed me around their place which was a bit of an odd experience, as I knew it quite well from her blog, but also didn't know it at all as it was my first real life visit.


loved this poster in the kitchen area


Apparently I demanded a tour so off we set to have a look around.


Fabulous polytunnel area in construction


Amazing views wherever I turned to look
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  This is Chicken World

 

lots of lovely hens and a very kindly cockrel there :)




Sue in her shed. I have serious shed envy!


The Oak tree planks, seasoning


So much hard work and planning is going into their home and it is great to see it all coming together after reading about it on their blog :) I was so impressed by what they are achieving :)

I had a great time with Sue and her LH but I finally set off at lunchtime to head for home. I had wanted to see John Grey from Going Gently on my way back home but when I telephoned him he was just going out the door to lunch with family, so it was not to be. Shame but maybe next time I am in the area John!


A selfie of me just before I set off from Sue's house. I look very relaxed and happy :)

Unfortunately the weather on Bank Holiday Monday was appalling and my journey home was very wet and miserable. I had hoped to to stop off and look around Llangollen but it was really misty and wet so I decided I would just drive home. It took me five hours to get home and it was a horrible journey






It felt good to be back home, although I really really did enjoy my adventure :)


Sue blogged about my visit here





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4 comments:

  1. Unknown16 September 2014 at 07:14

    How lovely, what fabulous folks make up this bloggy world eh? I'm glad your up and blogging again x

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    1. Compostwoman16 September 2014 at 17:10

      I have met the nicest people through blogging and various fora :)

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  2. Sue16 September 2014 at 17:03

    You 'demanded' in the nicest possible way :-)

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