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Where has all the food waste gone?

I was thinking about this song the other day, you know the one: Where have all the flowers gone, Long time passing. Shows my age? No, honest, I think it was before my time. Thinking how our concerns have changed focus but are infinitely more serious in a way. It feels like you couldn’t even tryContinue reading “Where has all the food waste gone?”

Bokashi on an apartment balcony

Here on the blog we get a lot of visits from people looking for ideas for balcony gardens — and how they can use Bokashi in an urban environment where there’s not always a garden handy. How about starting a “soil factory” on your balcony? Hardly needs any space and you can keep your fermentedContinue reading “Bokashi on an apartment balcony”

Make your own “soil factory”!

…and as you can see, it’s not in the least complicated! This is a great way of putting your fermented Bokashi to use without having to dig holes or mess around with compost. Best of all, it’s really quick and easy and you won’t get your hands, clothes or shoes dirty. You’ll need a plastic storageContinue reading “Make your own “soil factory”!”

Summer in Bokashiworld

It’s been a busy summer in Bokashiworld! Offline at least. Very quiet on the blog posting front, but that’s probably as it should be when it’s summer, the garden is in full swing and there are tomatoes and fresh herbs to pick, grass to mow, flowers to smell… Last weekend we took part in theContinue reading “Summer in Bokashiworld”

Tim the dog…and his Bokashi diet

This is our dog Tim. He’s a Norwegian Lundehund, almost five years old now. Full of beans and a truly lovable character. Lundehunds are a breed under rescue, some 50 years ago there were only a handful left on earth, huddled on a stormy island in the Lofoten archipelago on the far NW coast ofContinue reading “Tim the dog…and his Bokashi diet”

Watch my tomatoes grow!

Gabriel the gardening angel (great name!) is growing tomatoes, and you can see here how she’s comparing the healthiness of a couple of her plants — Tomato with Bokashi and Tomato without Bokashi. (Sounds almost like something on the menu of a flash café. Or the title of a still life painting…) Tomato-with-Bokashi has gotContinue reading “Watch my tomatoes grow!”

Bokashi in Kiama

Kiama is a great spot by the beach not so far south of Sydney. My aunt and uncle live there, it’s the ideal retirement spot for them with beautiful beaches they often walk along and some spectacular rainforest in the hills behind the coast. Best of all, not the manic daily life of the city. AndContinue reading “Bokashi in Kiama”

Midsummer magic

Last weekend we celebrated midsummer here. It rained. As it should. But it was magic. Truly, wonderfully, magic. Imagine you’re walking home across fields of lupins at 1 in the morning and the sun is sort of going down on the horizon sort of at the same time it’s coming up on the other. TheContinue reading “Midsummer magic”

Going green, green, greener in San Franscisco

Strange that I just read a story about flower power in connection with San Francisco in the sixties. Now there’s a new kind of green peace happening on the streets there. Compost to the people. Or rather, people to the compost. Breaking news that I picked up on Jonathan’s US food waste site is thatContinue reading “Going green, green, greener in San Franscisco”

Bokashi in the Philippines

I’ve picked up a few bits of news recently from the Philippines about the inroads being made by Bokashi and EM. Partly I think they can be put down to someone somewhere being on the ball and getting the information out to the press, but that doesn’t always have to be such a bad thing.Continue reading “Bokashi in the Philippines”