I'm already on to my second bucket of Bokashi compost, and looking forward to digging in the results from the first into my Hugelkultur mound in good time to plant pumpkins etc on top. Bokashi is a system developed in Japan and has a reputation for quickly breaking down food scraps and other waste in a short time.
The kit I bought consists of 2 bins and some starter bran along with a scattering of accessories. I also bought some starter culture so I can make up some of the bran myself when it's warm enough outside to dry it.
The bin sits in the kitchen and I tip in the accumulated waste (including all the paper towel) in the morning and evening. The process is anaerobic and the advice is not to open the airtight lid more than a few times a day. The bokashi culture consists of a mix of micro-organisms that cure the compost. There's two bins because when you fill one you let it rest while you fill the other (2 weeks, which is about spot on so far), and then you bury the compost in soil to finish breaking down. As such the in-bucket part isn't really composting, but pickling. The claim is that the result composts quickly and produces a micro-organism set that plants appreciate.
The little tape at the bottom of the bin is to drain off the liquid produced during composting, This 'tea' can be diluted with water and used as a plant feed. I'm also going to try adding it to the composting toilet mix.
The kit I bought consists of 2 bins and some starter bran along with a scattering of accessories. I also bought some starter culture so I can make up some of the bran myself when it's warm enough outside to dry it.
The little tape at the bottom of the bin is to drain off the liquid produced during composting, This 'tea' can be diluted with water and used as a plant feed. I'm also going to try adding it to the composting toilet mix.
