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!


Friday 18 May 2012

A wander around my garden

 I think our garden looks at its best at this time of year - lots of early summer flowers are in bloom and everything looks lush and green




Finally the rain stopped and I could mow the grass!


I love this north facing boarder, it is full of aquilegias, iris, tree paeonies and all sorts of lovely flowers




I am in the middlle of digging out and restocking this east facing boarder, lots of new plants waiting to go in - when I have a few spare moments!


Still have patches of wild flowers in the lawn, so I do not mow them but leave them be.



I love Honesty :-)



Another tree paeony - they seem to do really well in our garden, such exotic looking blooms!


The last of the bluebells, still bravely flowering in the wood


And I couldn't resist bringing some of the flowers inside





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  1. Oya's Daughter24 May 2012 at 08:31

    I am in envy of your peonies, they are a favourite of mine along with roses. I think I'd have nothing but those two flowers in my garden if I could get away with it! Thank you for the garden-walk!

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  2. frugal freesia22 June 2012 at 13:42

    Beautiful photos.

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  3. Compostwoman22 June 2012 at 14:20

    Thank you, both :-)

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