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!


Saturday 4 May 2013

Meet the new girls!


This is Pearl, she is a White Star.


meet Pepper, the Speckledy



Amber, the Amber ( you can see a trend, here, can't you?)


This is Treacle, she is a Partridge Star.


Meet Marigold, a Marigold. She has already started laying and she is only 18 weeks old. She is very sweet and gentle.


We moved the hen run and house again today, the third time in 6 days.


- see how much damage five hens can do to grass in just 2 days!

4 comments:

  1. Pretty, pretty girls you've got!!

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    1. I think so :-) Yes they are really very pretty, and good egg layers already :-)

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  2. Ah, lovely chooks, they have a beautiful grassy lot to hang out in! Any foxes around? I saw one down our street in suburban Melbourne the other night.

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    1. Hi Cat JB - yes unfortunately we have lots of foxes and I have lost many hens over the years :-(

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