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Our most popular tips on using bokashi in the kitchen

Drain your scraps before they land in the Bokashi bin!

One of biggest frustrations people have with their Bokashi bin, it seems, is that now and then it smells. Not just a bit, but really, really off. Not good for goodwill in the family or recruiting friends and neighbors to the cause. Mostly, people try to solve the problem by tossing in more bran. GraduallyContinue reading “Drain your scraps before they land in the Bokashi bin!”

by Jenny Harlen March 18, 2014March 21, 2015

Bokashi — Keep it dry and it won’t smell. Promise.

The trick to enjoying life with your Bokashi bin is to keep it dry in there. Honestly, it’s that simple. Yeah, you have to have an airtight bin and sprinkle on the bran regularly but if it smells in your bin chances are it’s just too wet. The process is probably doing fine but it’sContinue reading “Bokashi — Keep it dry and it won’t smell. Promise.”

by Jenny Harlen April 27, 2012April 27, 2017

Bio-bags. Dead easy and a great way to do Bokashi.

I keep talking about bio-bags. And to be honest I’m not completely sure what they’re called in different countries. But they are basically these — a roll of bags that work just like plastic bags but that are made from corn starch. Organic in other words, and they will break down in the soil. WeContinue reading “Bio-bags. Dead easy and a great way to do Bokashi.”

by Jenny Harlen February 11, 2012April 27, 2017

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Our most popular tips on using bokashi in the garden

Bones! In the bokashi or not?

Finally it seems spring is here! Yesterday, I was poking around in my boxes, checking how the soil was doing, deciding which ones needed a top-up of bokashi, which plants were going to go where this year. You know, that delicious pre-season joy when everything is still possible — nothing has gone wrong yet, andContinue reading “Bones! In the bokashi or not?”

by Jenny Harlen May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

Coffee grounds. Free to a good home.

“Hello gardeners! Please take some coffee grinds for your garden!” What gardener could resist that? Well, unfortunately I had to as I was just a tourist passing by. But I was seriously tempted to drag some home to the friends we were staying with. Coffee grounds are just great in the garden. The nice thingContinue reading “Coffee grounds. Free to a good home.”

by Jenny Harlen March 30, 2016

Some excellent EM recipes from teraganix.com in the US

If you’ve been into bokashi for a while, perhaps it’s time to branch out into some new zone for your experiments? Make your own activated bran, maybe — way cheaper and fun to do. Or activate the EM mother culture (EM-1®) and make your own activated EM to use in the garden. Does wonders for theContinue reading “Some excellent EM recipes from teraganix.com in the US”

by Jenny Harlen March 5, 2016