Monday 24 December 2018
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Saturday 8 September 2018
When your kitchen looks like a crime scene, it must be #damson time! These will be turned into Damson cordial, next batch will be Damson Jelly. There will be Damson based chutney at some point #preserving #autumnfruitfulness. The Damson tree is absolutely laden this year, never seen so many on it in 21 years! #blogpost
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Sunday 26 August 2018
Friday 24 August 2018
Thursday 23 August 2018
Monday 13 August 2018
Injured knee.
As some of you may know, at the end of July I (well Cassi cat, really!) injured my knee. It's been over 4 weeks now and although it's improving slowly, I've found it very frustrating being unable to move around very much.
Initially I was on total rest for two weeks, on crutches, then allowed to move around, on crutches and started physio.
I managed to get to Green Gathering 2018 to do my usual workshops, with a lot of help and support from Compostman and all the lovely people in the Permaculture area.
But since then, despite now able to just mostly rely on a stick and doing my exercises every single day, progress seems very slow. Sigh.
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Green Gathering 2018
Well, despite the hinderence of being on crutches due to my bad knee, thanks to Cassi Cat trying to kill me three weeks ago, I made it!
I had a huge amount of help and support both to get there, set up camp, do my workshops and generally move around on crutches at a festival for a week.
The weather was very hot and very sunny!
I had a fabulous time and really enjoyed talking to new people and old friends.
Seize the Day were excellent, as always :)
Tuesday 3 July 2018
A trip to Wales
I escaped to Wales, to St David's again, last week.
Had a lovely few days staying at The Old School house in Trefin, catching up with friends and generally having a good time.
Visited an open garden event and spent the afternoon watching @jackiemorrisartist paint and chat and gild stones with gold leaf. Fabulous garden, wonderful people.
Saturday 2 June 2018
Hay Festival 2018 visit #2.
I went again to Hay for the second of three planned days out, today it was to go on a walk and sketch with acclaimed author and illustrator @jackiemorrisartist.
We walked down to the Wye, where Jackie read from #thelostwords, and using ink and magic and river water, created an otter while reciting the otter spell from The Lost Words, written by Robert McFarlane and illustrated by Jackie.
It was a beautiful way to spend a morning!
And the otter came home with me, later :)
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Weeping Window in Hereford Cathedral
Part of the WW1 14 -18 touring art installations to commemorate the fallen. Beautiful.
Sunday 14 January 2018
Instagram update
Anyone who follows me as Compostwoman on Instagram, my account was hacked in Nov 2017and I lost control of it . You may still see a load of my photos up there, but under another email and name :(
I have complained to Instagram but they have been utterly useless, so PLEASE do unfollow the imposter and follow me, instead on this link as thecompostwoman
The Instagram button on the LH sidebar takes you to the new Instagram page, as does THIS LINK to my instagram account :)
Thank you, and if you feel like complaining BEFORE you unfollow the imposter - do feel free!
Monday 8 January 2018
Polytunnel Damage.
Sadly the Polytunnel cover was damaged by the very heavy snowfall we had in Dec here in Herefordshire.
I hoped the House Insurance would pay for the replacement of the cover, as it is included under the insurance and was replaced when damaged by the Great Storm of 2002.
However the assessor has decided it wasn't snow weight damage but rather "fair ware and tear".
Am thinking about appealing this! 8 inches plus of snow frozen on the top weighs a lot and I have photos showing how much the polythene was sagging under the weight.
If we have to do it ourselves, anyone up to come to a polytunnel cover party in April/May 2018?
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