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Urban Composting with Bokashi Part 1

EcoTools presents Urban Composting With Bokashi Part 1 – shows what to do when your kitchen composter is full. The kitchen composter is a fermentation container that turns food scraps into valuable compost! Just add your food scraps, sprinkle with Bokashi, and seal tight. Since it ferments — as opposed to decomposes — there are no malodors, just a light fermentation smell. Harvest the tea after a few weeks and bury the fermented compost in the garden whn full. Your garden will thrive …

Duration : 0:7:41

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3 Responses to “Urban Composting with Bokashi Part 1”

1. mtnbugs says:

   April 19, 2009 at 11:45 am

   Your video is very …
   Your video is very well put together and I’m passing it on to some ” city farmers”. The method you’re using is very conducive to working folks as well as those who want to get started now. This introduction to the use of EM-1 is a great help. The Bokashi method is still new to me and very exciting. I just recently took a class in the making of Bokashi and your video helps reinforce some of the instructions. Good job!
2. theroilsoil says:

   April 19, 2009 at 11:45 am

   Sue:

   Have you …
   Sue:

   Have you considered simpler composting methods, such as the heap, bin or drum
   turning methods?

   They are less expensive, more natural and far safer.

   Bokashi composting – if not done just right – will lead to a real health hazard.

   Also, if you’re buring partially decomposted (rotting) food scraps, I would suggest placing bricks over the dump-site in your garden plot – this will keep out any pests.

   :RoilSoil
3. YouAdamNazzkl0wn says:

   April 19, 2009 at 11:45 am

   So do you make the …
   So do you make the EM bokashi/bran?? or do you buy it premade?? Do you add any EM to the bucket??