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 post celebration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label post celebration. Show all posts

Friday, 3 July 2009

And the winner is.....

No, not a tennis related post!

I have shamefully neglected to tell you ( and, indeed, her!) the winner of my 500th post giveaway.....

Compostwoman hangs head in shame...

My only ( non) excuse is that it has just been manic here for the last few weeks, and I simply forgot to post the result...

So, without further ado, the winner is................( cue drum roll...........)

Aromatic

Congratulations Jane, and if you email me your snail mail address I shall post you a parcel of goodies.

I shall not put up a picture of the contents until I know you have received the parcel, so as not to spoil the surprise....

And thank you to all the rest of my lovely readers who put their names down, I am just sorry I couldn't send all of you a small token of my appreciation ....

:-)

Saturday, 16 May 2009

500th post givaway!

So .........I have managed to post 500 times (!)

500 posts which detail my random thoughts, rants, musings and updates on chickens, the garden, the cats, the wood, our house, Compostman and Compostgirl, doings in the polytunnel, at Eco Club, in the school garden and, of course what I have been doing with my COMPOST BINS!

and in honour of all this I am going to do a Givaway, which I haven't done before, so be gentle with me ;-)

If you want to join in, add a comment, saying you want to enter, and in 14 days time I will get Compostgirl to draw one of the names from a hat and, who ever wins, if you then email me your details, I shall send you a small gift!

It was my birthday recently and so I am feeling generous :-)

So...post a comment and see what happens!

Remember, the deadline is Midnight (BST) on the 30th May

I would also like to thank all of you for reading my words over the last few years and taking time to comment. I really value the feedback I get and the nice things you all say :-)

Oh and just to amuse you all, here is a picture of me modelling one of the presents Compostman got me for my birthday.



A new helmet with ear defenders, to keep me safe in the wood...(and yes, I DID want one, honest...)

Compostman said it made me look like a Valkyrie......I think that was a compliment - right?
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