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!


Monday 16 November 2015

Cider making!



Bumper harvest this year. We picked hundreds and hundreds of pounds of apples.



This is just a selection!


I washed out loads of bottles


and apples ...

and then started to chop




Then we got busy with the scratter



 and the press




End result - 70 l of cider


and some pasteurized juice.

Hard work, but well worth it :)

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Tidy up time in the Polytunnel



So, it is that time of year, again. Where the plants in the polytunnel are beginning to look sad and there are hardly any fruits left to pick. Or where the shorter days means dampness and humidity and botrytis and moulds.





So ...time to pick the very last of the green peppers and tomatoes, to ripen inside the house on a sunny S facing windowsill.








And to have a good old clear up of the polytunnel!








I also washed a load of plant pots ready for 2016 growing season


While Compostman got busy using up some solar electrons cutting wood with the new electric chainsaw, He reports it is very handy and a lot easier to use on small stuff than the big petrol chainsaw.


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