Blog – Page 2

Sharing the bucket love with a far-reaching network

10/06/2019

Door to (back)door delivery – HCCers meet Marie-Helene The ‘Hackett’ Compost Collective is a bit of a misnomer because you don’t have to be a Hackett resident to contribute!...

HCC is all about good community vibes

16/05/2019

Howdy HCCers, I’d like you all to meet Ingrid in Downer who has some lovely things to say about getting involved with the compost collective: “Hi, I’m Ingrid and I have been part...

Compost superstars and the ongoing barrel experiment

20/04/2019

Yesterday I paid a visit to long time HCC contributors, Chris and Leigh in Gunghalin. But isn’t Gunghalin outside of the HCC collection area? That’s true, but Chris and Leigh happen to be...

Trike trial!

14/04/2019

Howdy HCCers, meet Peter (he’s the taller one): Peter and his family have their own compost bin but have also been contributing scraps to the HCC for quite a while now. Peter has also donated...

Heap refresh and new leaf store

08/04/2019

They say change is as good as a holiday. In this case it was the main compost heap that got a holiday, while Scott and I got a work out. Seeing as the wooden composting bays were getting a bit of a...

Compost in barrels – composting in barrels?

31/03/2019

What is compost anyway? Can you throw some veggie scraps and dry leaves in a barrel and call it compost? Will appropriate composting processes occur in the revolutionary new composting device that is...