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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

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Saturday, 28 August 2010

Harvesting things.

What we have been doing this week is...



Picking pears






Harvesting the first of the potatoes for storage. We have been eating them since June, but now it is time to lift them and let thm harden off on the surface for a few hours, and then store them , for use in the winter months.


















Harvesting the Lavender, for use in soaps and lotions and potions.

















Some of the Onions, lifted (finally!) It has been SO wet we have not been able to and were really worried they would rot in the ground...)

















More Onions, a tray of shallots ( really good crop this year!) and the first of the pumpkins!


































Plums. Lots of them. We have called in friends to come and pick the surplus!

6 comments:

Just A Gal said...

What a beautfiul harvest! And, BTW, my ten year old son walks around singing "Marvellous Compost Bin" all day. It's hilarious! Thanks for the great blog!

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Anonymous said...

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Keep up the great work!

thegardensmallholder said...

Fantastic harvest! Those plums look delicious!
Thanks for the hug, needed that x

Twyla Gariepy said...

what kind of plums are they? I am so looking for more than just apples for around here.