Just a few years ago Bokashi was something that people quietly did in their homes and back yards. A bit embarrassing to discuss it with the neighbors, bit of a hippy warning. Now it’s really gone mainstream and can be found in the best of restaurants and the most professional of offices. This film fromContinue reading “Bokashi a hit in restaurants and offices in New Zealand”
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EM-1, EM-A, EM-X — what’s the difference?
When I first started with EM and Bokashi some seven years ago, I have to admit I was confused. EM: short for Effective Microorganisms, that much I got. But all the other EM-this and EM-that? Some you could make, some you should buy, some you should dilute, some you should use immediately, others not. TookContinue reading “EM-1, EM-A, EM-X — what’s the difference?”
2015: International Year of the Soils
And about time! We have been talking about pollution, the environment, climate change and the future of the planet for decades. We talk about the air, about the water, about sound pollution, plastic and deforestation. But when was the last time you ever heard anyone talking about our soil? About the fact that if weContinue reading “2015: International Year of the Soils”
When there’s just no space left…
Here in Sweden we’re having a fantastic summer, everything is growing like hell and there is absolutely nowhere left to dig down a bokashi bucket even if you wanted to. We’ve dealt with this somewhat luxury problem by setting up a bottomless barrel right in the middle of the garden bed. Doesn’t look that glamourous IContinue reading “When there’s just no space left…”
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!”
Just found an EM Teachers’ Manual
Just stumbled across this great guide to using Bokashi and EM in schools. A 37-page manual aimed at teachers to help start up a Bokashi-based composting project in the classroom. Maybe not everything is relevant to where you live, but it’s something I haven’t seen before and gives you a lot of ideas for practicalContinue reading “Just found an EM Teachers’ Manual”
Bokashi instead of chemicals in El Salvador
Interesting. Inspiring. And a positive boost to the hope account. After years of hard-hitting chemical usage, local communities in El Salvador are going green. Out with Monsanto and its “free” seeds, in with EM and Bokashi. This article by Brad Nahill takes us into the world of local farmers who are fed up. The “greenContinue reading “Bokashi instead of chemicals in El Salvador”
Using silage with Bokashi as mulch
The other day we managed to get home our annual hay bale, always a good day around here! We live in the country and on every field you can see a pile of these white silage bales looking much like a pile of UFO eggs. Each one weighs some 500 kilos, inside the tight plasticContinue reading “Using silage with Bokashi as mulch”
Quick and easy “soil factory”
There’s been a lot of interest in Vin’s in-ground composting experiment (look for the blog post just before this). This is my quick and dirty version of the same idea. Simple. Cheap. Quick. What more could you want? The rather shabby looking barrel above has done service as a water barrel in my greenhouse forContinue reading “Quick and easy “soil factory””
Vin’s Bokashi experiment in Florida. Perfectly. Simple.
Got a great mail the other day from Vin in Florida, “a Florida backyard gardener who loves feeding her garden soil”. She included a bunch of pictures showing the Bokashi experiment she’s been running the last few months. (Can’t help but envy all that green while we’ve just been looking out at nothing but whiteContinue reading “Vin’s Bokashi experiment in Florida. Perfectly. Simple.”
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