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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Friday 2 January 2015

Day out with friends

Today Compostgirl and I had a lovely day out with friends Maria and her two children.  Compostman stayed at home and did ...stuff ( I don't know what he did, but he says he enjoyed himself)

We went out to lunch at a local pub ( The Bunch of Carrots) which I have mentioned before and which does an amazing carvery. I had roasted meats and loads of veg (cabbage/cauli/green beans) and roast parsnips. When I went to order and started to ask about gluten free options the waiter immediately offered me "naked" cauli (the cauli on offer was in a cheese sauce with wheat in) and the offer of gf gravy and a gf Yorkshire pud! I declined the Yorkshire pud but it was so nice to be asked rather than having to quiz the staff about it :) .

Compostgirl and the other two children were intrigued by the concept of a Dessert Trolley and had pudding while M and I had excellent coffee.

After that we went into Hereford and had a bit of a shopping trip - the children went off together to mooch around the new Old Market shopping complex while M and I looked in M & S and various other shops.

We ended up with a short trip to Sainsburys where I stocked up with stuff we had run out of.

Got home at 7 pm after a very enjoyable day. Compostman had very kindly had put the hens to bed and made a fresh pot of tea :)

I have spent the rest of the evening crocheting and sewing and am off to bed now. We need to be up early tomorrow for Archery !


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  1. primrosesattic3 January 2015 at 18:20

    It sounds like you both had a perfect day.So nice to meet with friends.
    Rosezeeta.

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    1. Compostwoman3 January 2015 at 19:00

      It was a lovely day out Rosezeeta we had a great time :)

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  2. Scarlet3 January 2015 at 18:55

    That sounds like a lovely day out. Good to hear that the staff were on the ball about the GF options.

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  3. Z3 January 2015 at 19:51

    How lovely - and that's what one should get nowadays from anywhere that serves food, but it's by no means universal. I'm sure you'll be back!

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    1. Compostwoman3 January 2015 at 22:52

      We eat there quite often Z but I was so pleased at the extra level of service :)

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  4. Jan3 January 2015 at 20:31

    I need to look out for the Bunch of Carrots when I'm over your way! I'm glad you had a nice day. Jx

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    1. Compostwoman3 January 2015 at 22:52

      Its at Hampton Bishop on the Mordiford to Hereford rd :) Really nice, unpretentious, very busy , richt by the River Wye

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  5. Compostwoman3 January 2015 at 22:40

    It was :) They are always very good but I didn't even get to finsih asking about gf before they were being helpful :) We had a lovely time Scarlet

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