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!


Showing posts with label hereford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hereford. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Busy day with a trip to Hereford.


Up early today and got cracking with chores, then went into Hereford  with a very long shopping list. I need a new wind and waterproof coat as my old one leaks and is now hanging off me. So I had a look around the various outdoor clothing shops and found one I liked, which was in the Sales with a substantial discount on it, so I bought it. 


 I had a wander around the Cathedral for a bit, I love Hereford Cathedral


And I also had a wander around the streets surrounding the Cathedral - this is the High Street looking away from the Cathedral precinct.

I then got on with more shopping, all things I needed but I did look at a few "wants" while I was there :)

Home, to do a bit outside while there was still light and then do the normal evening chores. Bed early as I was very tired after my long day out :)

Friday, 2 January 2015

Day out with friends

Today Compostgirl and I had a lovely day out with friends Maria and her two children.  Compostman stayed at home and did ...stuff ( I don't know what he did, but he says he enjoyed himself)

We went out to lunch at a local pub ( The Bunch of Carrots) which I have mentioned before and which does an amazing carvery. I had roasted meats and loads of veg (cabbage/cauli/green beans) and roast parsnips. When I went to order and started to ask about gluten free options the waiter immediately offered me "naked" cauli (the cauli on offer was in a cheese sauce with wheat in) and the offer of gf gravy and a gf Yorkshire pud! I declined the Yorkshire pud but it was so nice to be asked rather than having to quiz the staff about it :) .

Compostgirl and the other two children were intrigued by the concept of a Dessert Trolley and had pudding while M and I had excellent coffee.

After that we went into Hereford and had a bit of a shopping trip - the children went off together to mooch around the new Old Market shopping complex while M and I looked in M & S and various other shops.

We ended up with a short trip to Sainsburys where I stocked up with stuff we had run out of.

Got home at 7 pm after a very enjoyable day. Compostman had very kindly had put the hens to bed and made a fresh pot of tea :)

I have spent the rest of the evening crocheting and sewing and am off to bed now. We need to be up early tomorrow for Archery !


Sunday, 6 January 2013

Taking down the decorations

Yesterday it did not rain ( again!) and it was Twelth Night, so we spent a few minutes taking down the cards, removing the decorations from the tree and packing them carefully away for next year, Compostman took the tree outside - and then we spent ages vaccumning up the needles!

I was actually impressed at how few there were - obviously going to the field on Christmas Eve, eve ( ie Sunday 23 Dec) and cutting down a tree means it keeps much fresher and does not drop its needles so much!)

We did this in the morning, while Compostgirl did her Saturday jobs of room tidy, bird feeder restocking and guinea pig clean out.  After I let the hens out I spent some time in the Polytunnel, tidying up and putting things away. I managed to get a load of washing done as well as a good tidy up of the downstairs ( why do horizontal surfaces accumulate so much stuff? Why?)


Later I put the hens away for the night and we went out to Hereford, shopping. We did not leave home until 4.30 pm and IT WAS STILL LIGHT!  Hurrah!

I dropped into Hobbycraft hoping to buy another needle holder for felting, but they had sold out. I did buy some  Rico-Design-Can-Can-Wool not red and black though! I liked the purple shade so will make a scarf from it - that is the last of my craft budget money gone!

We went to Sainsbury and stocked up on ( mainly) basic stuff, not a huge shop though as we are planning on eating the cupboard and freezer items this month to reduce stocks ( We need to defrost one of the freezers!)

I also had arranged to collect a Tapestry frame from a Freecycler, but we could not find the house in the dark, so I have had to email my apologies to them.



And then after a meal we all settled in front of the woodburner to watch the Christmas "Outnumbered"  and then QI - Compostgirl and Man sat on the sofas and I sat at the table under my new lamp and did some more crochet squares and made some more fabric yarn from old clothes.



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