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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Sunday, 28 September 2025

Preserving Tomatoes

Spent a pleasant hour washing and slicing some of my tomato harvest for the dehydrator.

6 lbs of large tomato (Shirley) 

And 1.5 IBS of Cherry tomatoes (Sungold and Gardeners Delight)

It's such a space save compared with open freezing whole tomatos. I only do that for making chutney and soups , later in the year. For stews/casseroles the dried ones are great (just need to remember to add more liquid, or rehydrate them before adding)


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