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!


Thursday, 29 May 2014

Hello and welcome Guardian readers

@GdnLiveBetter   @gardenorganicuk

Today I am very excited!

I was delighted when The Compost Bin was added to the Guardian Live Better Grassroots green blogs list on Twitter, and today I am even more delighted to be the Sustainable Blog of the Week.

So I’d like to welcome Guardian readers to The Compost Bin, where I write about us and our life here at what we jokingly refer to as Compost Mansions (it isn't a mansion btw, but a normal detached house in the country).
 
We are not totally self sufficient deepest darkest greens here by any means (!) but we do try to live a bit more of a self reliant lifestyle. We have, during the years we have lived here, gained a lot of experience of how to grow stuff, compost, keep chickens, manage woodland, preserve food and live on a smallholding, which I like to write about and share. So there are (I hope) lots of good ideas on this blog; some are ours and some we have gleaned from other people. 

Please do read and enjoy and share any of our ideas or experiences, after all that is why I write about our lives! And please, do leave a comment as I love to read comments and I try really hard to reply :)

Thank you for reading and welcome, once again, to The Compost Bin :)

Sarah aka Compostwoman xxx



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  1. Anonymous29 May 2014 at 14:12

    Many congratulations on being Sustainable Blog of the Week. Certainly well deserved. I am learning so much, even on the other side of the world.

    From Mary in Perth, Australia

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    1. Compostwoman29 May 2014 at 14:33

      Thank you so much Mary, I am so glad you enjoy the blog and find it useful :)

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  2. Sue29 May 2014 at 18:02

    It's a brilliant article and for once they do seem to have got the gist of your life and not altered anything. Well done on being picked as their Sustainable Blog of the Week, very well deserved in my opinion.

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  3. Compostwoman29 May 2014 at 18:28

    Thanks Sue, They sent me some interview questions ( which you can see in the article) which I wrote replies to and luckily for me they have published most of what I said :) Some of the questions ( and answers) have been missed out completely but it would have been very long indeed if they had published all of it :)

    A good article, as you say and we are very pleased to be featured - I think we actually come across as fairly normal :)

    I enjoyed taking part and think the Live Better challenges and website is very good in general.

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  4. Meanqueen29 May 2014 at 23:13

    Well done, that was a good article in the Guardian.

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    1. Compostwoman29 May 2014 at 23:57

      I thought it was pretty good Ilona and we were pleased :)

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  5. Sarah31 May 2014 at 17:21

    well done! read it this morning in the Guardian, hadn't read you for a while so am back for a catch up!

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    1. Compostwoman31 May 2014 at 22:38

      Thank you Sarah :) Was that online or in the printed version?

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  6. Unknown3 June 2014 at 17:06

    Lovely blog! A question about the Hungry Bin: are Omlet not selling them anymore? Couldn't find it on their website...

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  7. Compostwoman3 June 2014 at 18:26

    Thank you Eveline. I don't think they are anymore :( Which is a shame

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  8. Unknown3 June 2014 at 20:48

    :( indeed! I want one! I'll email and try to convince them to restock

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