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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ann
Oswego
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 Posted - Dec 05 2012 : 3:27:15 PM
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Updates to the story of our experiment on the blog today if anyone is interested.
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2013 : 6:19:45 PM
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Update: Will be starting a bokashi bucket again soon. Had some more thoughts/ideas over the winter, and I think they just might work with the issues we had last fall. Stay tuned!
Wife of terrific hubby and mom to 2 teenagers, 2 bunnies, 2 geriatric goldfish, and the best dog in the world!
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beaglemama
Farmgirl in Training
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Andee
Mission Viejo
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2013 : 4:07:45 PM
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I've been bokashi composting for about a year now and LOVE IT. I can't believe more people don't know about it or do it. It's been so wonderful and I've had to buy so much less soil. I'm hoping to now have to buy soil anymore.
Going to pop over to your blog next and check it out.
Enjoy!
All children are gifted. Some just open their packages a little later.
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beaglemama
Farmgirl in Training
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Andee
Mission Viejo
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2013 : 4:16:39 PM
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After reading your blog I have a few thoughts. I hope you don't mind my sharing.
The first thought is that after your bucket is full, it should sit in a cool dark place for 2 weeks before burying. By 3 weeks after being buried, it should all be composted and look like soil. If not, you might need to use more EM in your bucket when you add your food. I buy my EM from Bokashicycle and have been very pleased with it. It sounded from your blog like you did bury it deep enough. If it's not decomposing, I think you may want to add more EM to what's in the ground already and it will gobble it up in time.
As for your bucket being too dry, I believe that is the key. Water or too much moisture will cause the food to rot rather than ferment. You should see white looking growth on top of the food, not green. White is good.
My buckets have spigots at the bottom to drain the liquid, which is nutrient rich. If you can't drain the liquid then you really need to use all the newspaper to absorb the liquid put off as well as the keep air out.
Bokashi is the best! Your garden is going to be fantastic this spring I'm sure of it! Thanks for sharing.
All children are gifted. Some just open their packages a little later.
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
2197 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2013 : 05:45:39 AM
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The idea I was working on was making a "bokashi tea" to add to the food waste/newspapers. The main goals of this project were to 1) fertilize the garden, 2)use up food waste I can't feed the worms or put in our regular compost, and 3)find a way to get un-recyclable paper waste out of our waste stream.
So I'm thinking if I take the bokashi grain that I normally would just sprinkle over top of everything, and mix it with some non-chlorinated water, then add it to the bucket with the waste and newspapers, I'm going to be pretty good.
I did leave the bucket in a dark place (basement bathroom that no one really uses) for 2 weeks before taking it outside. The critters got it that very night and made a huge mess.
I'm going to try to incorporate the bokashi into a lasagna type system, as well as find a way to bury it in our leaf pile (aka compost pile). The leaf pile is too much "brown", and with some actively composting greens (aka bokashi, worm compost, and bunny beans), I'm hoping to get it to turn into compost sooner than 2 years.
More to be coming soon on the blog - stay tuned. As the blog says - the arts and ADVENTURES in homemaking!
Wife of terrific hubby and mom to 2 teenagers, 2 bunnies, 2 geriatric goldfish, and the best dog in the world!
Check out my blog: http://www.suburbanprairiehomemaker.com
and follow me on Facebook (Suburban Prairie Homemaker), Twitter (@sphomemaker), and Pinterest (Suburban Prairie Homemaker)
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