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!


Showing posts with label sadness.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sadness.. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 April 2021

RIP, Bonnie Ann.

Very sad that Bonnie Ann Burnett has died.
She came to the UK for a visit, reached out to online friends for recommendations , advice, suggestions for  meetups.

This landmass touched her heart 
particularly the St David's area of Wales.
She went back to the USA, published a book of her fabulous photographs from her Welsh visit , rejuvenated her career as a noted potter, and then, moved back to her family farm and embarked on a Permaculture journey to bring her land back to life.

While in the UK she visited us for breakfast and lunch on her last day in the UK, She cuddled Algy the Serama Cockerel and he adored her. And she, him. 

We were planning a collaboration where I would visit her in the US of A, and we would host courses on her farm.

Then Covid struck. So we couldn't do what we had planned

In all her posts she explored her ancestral land and saw joy in every moment of her life. 

The last few months have been brutal for her, and her family. Much love to them all

Farewell, friend Bonnie Ann.





Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Sadness

"And when every hope has gone, let the Raven call you home"

Listening to the Lost Words Blessing just now, and feeling sad. 

Personally, for me (long covid effects) my husband (older male) and especially our daughter.

Who was just starting out on adult life at uni in 2019, and should be flying free now, but instead was trapped back at home for 6 months this year, and is now back at University with her wings clipped doing classes online and stuck in her expensive flat with her 7 flatmates. Who she loves, but it's NOT the Uni experience she ought to be having.

So sad for her generation, as well as all of us.

When will all this end? When will we have a Government who are adults, taking charge, doing what is right?

Rather than the incompetent, criminal, feckless, shower of shit we have now?

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