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!


Wednesday, 25 February 2026

more Gluten free bread experiments

Gluten free seeded loaf made in breadmaker, plus 6 small crust rolls and two bap sized rolls proved and then baked in oven.
 (from Dove's Farm Freee bread mix)

Think I might have over baked the small rolls, but they smell delish.

Have beef stew for dinner tomorrow so might try one then.


Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Bumblebees!

First Bumblebees seen today on these flowers. It's been so dull and wet for weeks, I suspect the poor things had no flowers open to feed from.

At least today the flowers were open!


Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Fruit Vodka sampling

My Damson vodka is delish! It's 7 months old and I have just sampled some.

Will leave it on the Damsons for another 5 months or so.

The Cherry Brandy is ready to strain off the cherries, but I need to do it on a day when I've got time to do something with the tipsy cherries!

Saturday, 14 February 2026

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Bringing the sunshine, indoors

Went for a short walk in the garden and wood, beautiful Wild daffodils blooming in our wood in the sunshine so I brought some sunshine indoors

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