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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Thursday, 27 June 2013

House hen?

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This is Amber.  She loves me. She wants to be a house hen
.
 :-)

She waits outside the back door, choosing to be away from the flock, so she can see me and accompany me when I come out of the house. She then follows me around, bwarking and crooning and chuntering, in that way hens do. If I sit down, she comes and sits next to me. And if I go out in the car, she droops around looking sad, until I return. Then she is happy again. She is the sweetest little hen :-)


And if she can, she comes in the house.


And if I am upstairs, and she gets inside the house


She comes looking for me :-)



In other news, I picked my first tomato today

 

and the strawberry rush has begun :-)
 



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  1. Dc30 June 2013 at 14:30

    We only have a few strawberry plants but have just started harvesting 4 or 5 a day and mixing them in with other fruit for dessert. Can't beat home grown.

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