Sharing compost at the Jeays St composting hub

At the Jeays St composting hub in Bowen Hills we have been sieving and bagging compost for the public to take. We put out eight bags last week and there are only two left today.

Keeping up with the Browns (Carbon)

One thing a lot of people ask me is how to keep up with the demand for ‘browns’ when composting. Just this morning I heard a Community Compost Hub Host speak of the imbalance between browns and greens at her site. On that note I thought I’d start the conversation about how we can maintain a good supply of browns for use with our systems. This is particularly important for me as I have a new ‘Share Waste’ family now bringing me their waste so am keen to ensure that they have access to a good stash when they visit.Fallen…

Clouds and silver linings.

Clouds, they’ve brought us a lot of rain this year! Potentially the reason a thumb went through one of the pumpkins in my pantry stash. Not one to waste food, I used an ice cream scoop to remove the squishy bits, and set to dicing the rest for chutney.Preserving is a great way to manage one’s excess home grown produce and thus avoid food waste. A silver lining has to be the full compost bucket of peelings and scraps from the pumpkin, apples, onions, chilli and ginger I put in, and the diced apple core for the chook scraps tub…

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MoyaT almost 4 years ago

@Clytie

We are using a piece of scrap mesh (mesh size approx 0.5 cm square) laid over a wheelbarrow or bucket

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Clytie almost 4 years ago

Fantastic Moya!! What are you using as a seive?

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JulieJulie almost 4 years ago

This is awesome. Great for your local community Moya :-)

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