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.


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Saturday 20 December 2008

Gifts!

These are the gifts I was busy wrapping yesterday when the little robin flew in to the kitchen.

Some eggs, fresh yesterday and today, with a label telling our friend who laid what egg....that always brings a smile! Some home made jam and Chutney, tastes of summer in the depths of winter!

My Damson Vodka, made in Autumn 2007, the damsons left to steep for a year and them bottled. Very precious and VERY tasty! And Blackcurrent Vodka, a little younger but oh so intensely coloured! I was trying to capture the intense, purple-red colour this liquid has....



and then all wrapped up and ready to go!

Recycled card labels, recycled ribbon and raffia to tie them on and saved paper to wrap them in.

Gifts from the heart, the best sort of gift I hope!

All done with love to give to friends to share of the best we can make.

4 comments:

  1. And oh so much nicer than popping to the local shopping centre And "that'lldoforhimorhering"...

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  2. Hi there Dean

    Yes, so far they have all gone down VERY well indeed!

    Which is nice :-))

    Seasons greetings to you and Pol!

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  3. Hi, just dropped in from Mrs Green's blog...I have been snooping around a bit, and learned tons of interesting things, here, thank you so much...and those presents you made for your friends, they're the best! you have some lucky friends there! say hi to the chickens for me!

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  4. Hello esther :-)

    Thanks for dropping in, yes the presents DID go down well, especially the fruit vodka!

    Glad you find my blog interesting, too :-)

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