6 of us met at the top of the ramp to the Sovereign Center in Boscombe yesterday evening ready to to tackle the Rocket!

I thought we were going to be shifting a few compost bins but it turns out we only had to shift one....one Mammoth one though! The Rocket is a brilliant bit of kit. It is going to process up to 0.7 tonnes of food waste a week. It will help with the food waste from the Boscombe market which is a stone throw away. Grounded Community will use this food waste to make compost and then give this back to the local area, and help those who will be growing their own veggies at home. Creating a more sustainable community of growing food and helping stop food waste.

The Rocket is huge and it took all 9 of us to get it out of it's storage lock up and out into it's new home under a newly built roof. With lots of shifting and pulling to and throw we managed to get it in the right place. Thanks to John and his pallet trolley skills we made quick work of getting it turned around in a tight space.

With that part done we also then tackled two huge bags of woodchip and put those in place, ready to be added to the food waste to make an amazing, organic blend of compost goodness.

With the task complete and Michael very grateful for our help we set off into the sunset...well...down the off ramp from the Sovereign Center and into the mean streets of Boscombe...

Special mention to John for cycling all the way there, as well as Sarah for doing a mini duathlon of cycling and then running the last bit, Marianne and Caprice for walking from home and Daryl for driving and then walking to the task!

Next week we are at Bishop Aldhelm's helping out one of our favourite people, Paul! That will be on Wednesday 6-7pm.