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The current HCC arrangement of 4 seperate composting bays is quite full, now that lots of lovely people are donating kitchen scraps (and leaves, and horse manure). Therefore it’s time to shift some compost! I’ve been maturing (hoarding) the beautiful sieved product by letting it sit untouched in a 60L bin for some weeks now.…

With plenty of collections and drop offs throughout the last week the first bay of the compost was definitely full by Friday. The HCC is now a 4-bay system, with plenty of material coming in to keep those 4 bays nice and full. There are the 3 bays of the wooden compost bin to start…

You can give me money! I have a patreon account 🙂 But money isn’t everything, so more about that later. First I want to stress that the HCC works because it is a community effort. As such it would be great to receive all different kinds of inputs from community members. Obviously there are the…

The HCC got a mention in the Hackett Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter! Thanks very much to Barb who edits this great little periodical, for helping to share the word about the compost collective. The newsletter is certainly well-read and has led to quite a few new members contributing kitchen scraps to the HCC. Welcome all! This…

You’re in luck! The Hackett Compost Collective has already expanded to nearby suburbs of Canberra. If you’re in Watson or Downer then I can make pick-ups on Saturdays when I have to take the car out to pick up the kilos of fruit pulp that Julie’s juices kindly donates every week. I’m already collecting from…

The HCC has lots of new contributors and buckets are filling fast. Right now I’m keeping up with washing out the buckets to get them back into circulation but we are looking to be a little short on buckets in the near future. I’m happy to purchase some new buckets and brand them with the…