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Welcome to The Compost Bin, which contains my musings on my life and things which interest me.

I live in Herefordshire with my husband and daughter; we have 4 acres of land which contains a woodland, polytunnel, small orchard, garden and veg plot. We grow our own organic produce and make lots of cider, wine, jam and chutney. We also make a lot of compost. We share our lives with 11 Chickens, 3 Cats, 3 Guinea Pigs and assorted wildlife. We try our best to live a more self reliant lifestyle, growing and making and fixing and mending and re-using and re-cycling stuff, if we can.

I used to be a Research Scientist, but that was many years ago. I now work as a freelance environmental educator/writer/forest school leader and community artist; I also spend a lot of time volunteering as a Master Composter and Master Gardener, helping people make compost and grow veg at home or at school.

I started blogging because I love to write about the things which interest me. Whether it's something I have done in the garden, an article for a magazine, a review of websites or equipment I use, a training course I have attended or "just" my daily routine - I love to write.

I hope you find something to interest you in The Compost Bin - remember to click on the photos to make them full size!

Saturday, 22 November 2008

The view from my window

This is the view from the Study window, looking North

Looking West


Looking west at dusk.

I am SO lucky to live here! I sit in the study and work at my computer, Compostman has a desk next to me and we work on our respective stuff in companionable silence. AND we can look out over the gloriousness of the Herefordshire landscape.

This weekend we have seen some astonishing sunsets, truly spectacular. I honestly do not think I have seen such pink skies for many years, not since Mt Pinatubo volcano errupted, a long time ago.

I DO worry, though, that there are so many con trails in the dusk sky. All those aeroplanes contributing to Global Warming. :-((
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5 comments:

  1. What absolutely gorgeous views.... what a lovely setting to be sat at your desk working and looking up over that countryside.. so beautiful and that sunset was spectacular!!
    I know what you mean about the plane pollution.. we have many planes go overhead and often noticing those vapor trails... and it does worry you about the long term affects...
    Love Jane xxx

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  2. Oh to be back in the shire! You are very, very lucky.
    x

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  3. I'd love to have views like that from my windows. We've been having really lovely red skies here too lately.

    Totally unrelated to your post, but does chicken poo count as a green or a brown in my composter? If it's mostly full of chicken poo and newspaper is it going to do anything?

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  4. Hello lovely peeps!

    WPT..chicken poo is a super green! so a mix of newspaper ( high carbon...brown) and poo is great! make sure you wet it though, and leave it to mature, as animal poo needs a good few months to mature and lose any harmful pathogens in the composting process

    ..but it will be good stuff!

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  5. Thanks for that. So if I get another compost bin, it won't matter if it's nearly all chicken poo and newspaper. Just got to figure out where to put another compost bin.

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