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HCC – for small buckets of scraps with nowhere else to go

28/03/2019

HCCers meet Cass in Watson! Cass is a member of the HCC ‘targeted demographic’ as she lives in apartment with limited space for gardening or otherwise playing with soil etc. Before I was...

A cosy autumn morning for the second HCC open day

24/03/2019

Just last week I was joking with a workmate about how ‘it never rains in Hackett’ but I guess the joke was on me this morning as it rained this morning only during the HCC open day and not...

Keep on turning for best compost and lowest greenhouse gas emissions

10/03/2019

Some people may be surprised by the quantity of kitchen scraps that the HCC heaps can process. The scraps from over 50 households are added to the heaps every week, along with a bunch of dry leaves...

Happenings at HCC

27/02/2019

It’s been pretty busy around HCC headquarters. Apart from the continual turning of the compost bays and running around collecting buckets I also had some very welcome guests over the last week. Jen...

Want compost more quickly? The HCC is here to help

27/02/2019

Howdy HCCers, and meet Maryann. I mentioned her in my last community profile. Maryann lives in Hackett, quite close to Katia and both became HCC graduates early this year, embarking on their own compost...

Interested in composting yourself but just can’t find the time? Use HCC to bridge the gap!

18/02/2019

There is a common theme among many new HCC members and it goes a little something like this: “I’ve been meaning to start my own compost heap but just haven’t got around to it yet!”...

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