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 25 April 2014

The kale is now over but the roses bloom


The title sounds like it ought to be a proverb or a password or something! But it is actually just what was happening today.

Today was another fine day so I was very busy in the garden and polytunnel. I picked the last of the polytunnel Kale




I am now planting out various overwintering perennials into the garden - see these rose bushes on the front right?



While overwintering inside the polytunnel they had produced the most beautiful blooms all winter, I cut these and have had them inside the house since 20 th April - they are still wonderful.


The rose bushes have now been pruned and will stand on the patio when the weather warms up a little more.


I planted out some of the tree peonies I grew from seed, or from tubers moved when we were doing the patio, there are loads more plants waiting to go into this now cleared bed.


And I made a start on clearing out the dead stuff from the "Hampton Court" flower bed I made last summer


The garden looks particularly pretty at this time of year :)


I also thought I would share with you the breakfast routine here at Compost Mansions. We come downstairs and make breakfast and then the ravening hordes gather,


awaiting tit bits of marmite toast :)
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown30 April 2014 at 20:20

    I love cat pictures, lots of cats make better pictures. We have three and foster some as well. Little crazy cat thing going on here x

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  2. Compostwoman30 April 2014 at 21:16

    I would like another cat - but three is enough and I am not sure they would accept any more

    Would be a rescue if we did :) Your fostering them is wonderful

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  3. Mum1 May 2014 at 20:25

    One of our cats loves Marmite toast.
    Love from Mum
    xx

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