and have such a lot to tell you all...but am very tired at the moment after a fraught few months, what with teacher training, intermittent repeated bouts of vertigo, running courses in the woods, growing stuff in the garden and poly tunnel and generally trying to cram 2 lives worth of stuff into each day!
so .......will post about all that has been happening here another time.
Will also post up a picture of the wonderful new hen run which Compostman made for me, to keep my feathery ladies safe from the fox.
yes, sadly I lost 3 more hens to a fox...RIP Mac, Babs and Custard.....
but then got two more ex commercial flock hens, who are called Cumin and Coriander, as they are ginger hens like Ginger, so I have continued the "Spice Girl" theme. I exchanged them for Spot the Cream Legbar Cockerel, as he attacked me once too often (what is it with cockerels?)
So I now have 10 feathery ladies, all of whom are lovely,
Anyway it is lovely to be back and I look forward to posting a bit more frequently , now I have finished the teaching course.
Musings on living a different, more self sufficient life. Now with added forum to join! The Compostbin forum - full of ideas for living a more self reliant life.
How to use The Compost Bin.
Welcome to The Compost Bin, which contains my musings on my life. I live in Herefordshire with my husband and 11 year old daughter. We have 4 acres of land which contains a woodland, small orchard, garden and veg plot. We grow our own organic fruit and veg and make lots of cider, wine, jam and chutney. We share our lives with 16 Chickens, 3 Cats, 4 Guinea Pig and assorted wildlife!
I am a freelance Forest School Leader and Environmental Educator so work with both adults and children on all sorts of things. I also volunteer as a Master Composter and Master Gardener, helping people make compost and grow veg.
So, I might talk about; what we have been doing on our patch of land and in our wood, my work, the chickens and their funny ways, how to grow veg, the fun things our cats get up to, self sufficiency and what it actually means, more general environmental issues, composting, making various crafty stuff, happy and sad times here, living a slower, more hand made, frugal lifestyle, making and mending and re-using and re-cycling stuff, living more lightly on the Earth and my views on life in general.
I hope you enjoy your time spent inside The Compost Bin. I would also love to welcome you as a member of The Compostbin forum
Remember to click on the photos to make them full size!
I am a freelance Forest School Leader and Environmental Educator so work with both adults and children on all sorts of things. I also volunteer as a Master Composter and Master Gardener, helping people make compost and grow veg.
So, I might talk about; what we have been doing on our patch of land and in our wood, my work, the chickens and their funny ways, how to grow veg, the fun things our cats get up to, self sufficiency and what it actually means, more general environmental issues, composting, making various crafty stuff, happy and sad times here, living a slower, more hand made, frugal lifestyle, making and mending and re-using and re-cycling stuff, living more lightly on the Earth and my views on life in general.
I hope you enjoy your time spent inside The Compost Bin. I would also love to welcome you as a member of The Compostbin forum
Remember to click on the photos to make them full size!
3 comments:
Welcome back! You were missed.
yes welcome back. You inspire me!
As I tried to say Saturday, but bloglines was having problems, it's good to have you back. I look forward to hearing more about your chickens and whatever else you are up to. I admire your persistence. If I'd lost so many chickens to the fox I'd probably have given up by now. I hope the fox can be deterred from any more chicken dinners at your expense.
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