Some of you may have seen Countryfile on BBC1 which was based around the daffodil Woods near to me?
(And the lovely Ranger they interviewed, is a neighbour!)
Musings on living a different, more self sufficient life.
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!
Some of you may have seen Countryfile on BBC1 which was based around the daffodil Woods near to me?
(And the lovely Ranger they interviewed, is a neighbour!)
HotBin chugging away nicely, up to 60C now.
Wormeries all going well
Compost barrowed onto beds.
I mowed the grass today, followed around by the "veg patch" Robin.
We have enough land to support a number of different Robin territories, so we have "front garden", "veg patch", "main garden", "polytunnel/barn" Robins, as well as who knows how many in the wood and meadow.
I was charmed at this Robin following me, as I mowed.
The Crocus have died down, now the Fritillaria emerge.
So Compostman decided to sort it out, and we agreed it would be good to generally tidy up all the rather ad hoc "crazy paving" effect which had evolved by the barn and to the polytunnel to provide hard standing and walkways over the last two decades
Excellent job by Compostman, as always.
Wood chip, some compost from a bin, paper and then grass, paper, grass, leaves to the very top.
While I was in gardening and composting mode and mowing, weeding and tidying outside, I got the Can O Worms and Hungry Bin going again. The worms inside looked very happy!