Comments on: The Sunday Question: Do Bokashi Bins Work? http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/ Earth Friendly, Budget Friendly Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:36:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: joy http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4377 joy Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:54:39 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-4377 Judy, I just found a blog that talked about the same problem. The author dumped the bokashi contents into a compost bin so that they'd be safe from the dog. Also, you might be interested to know that several blogs wrote about using the bokashi bin with dog poop. It sounds odd but it would be nice if it worked! Judy,

I just found a blog that talked about the same problem. The author dumped the bokashi contents into a compost bin so that they’d be safe from the dog. Also, you might be interested to know that several blogs wrote about using the bokashi bin with dog poop. It sounds odd but it would be nice if it worked!

]]> By: Judy http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4370 Judy Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:44:52 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-4370 My condo has a very small back yard, so I could probably find a place to bury the compost. This would be labor-intensive for me as I am disabled, but I am motivated to give this a go. My question is: How do I keep my dog from "investigating" the burial site? My condo has a very small back yard, so I could probably find a place to bury the compost. This would be labor-intensive for me as I am disabled, but I am motivated to give this a go.

My question is: How do I keep my dog from “investigating” the burial site?

]]> By: Bokashi Man http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-4360 Bokashi Man Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:04:42 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-4360 Bokashi works great for me. I've been using it for quite some time now and it is very satisfying to see my kitchen waste being cut in half. Thanks for a nice read, Roel Bokashi works great for me. I’ve been using it for quite some time now and it is very satisfying to see my kitchen waste being cut in half.

Thanks for a nice read,

Roel

]]> By: Bokashi Morgane http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3354 Bokashi Morgane Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:02:28 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-3354 I used the bokashi bin, and it really worked. for me it was a good solution, and i really encourage people to try it! I used the bokashi bin, and it really worked. for me it was a good solution, and i really encourage people to try it!

]]> By: cheap baby stroller http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2838 cheap baby stroller Sun, 24 May 2009 02:57:49 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-2838 good info...thanks n keep posting!!! good info…thanks n keep posting!!!

]]> By: Cathy http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Cathy Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:03:08 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-2402 we have a bucket in our garage in the colder months that we use to put scraps in--when it's full we put it in our big compost bin in the yard. I can't praise composting enough--it's helped are garden soil tremendously and it doesn't smell at all. we have a bucket in our garage in the colder months that we use to put scraps in–when it’s full we put it in our big compost bin in the yard. I can’t praise composting enough–it’s helped are garden soil tremendously and it doesn’t smell at all.

]]> By: JennyH http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 JennyH Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:38:05 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-2379 The last thing you want to do is just "get rid of it". Food waste really should become soil again otherwise there's no ecocycle. We're losing good growing soil all over the world, eating it up and throwing it out in the form of food waste; in the end it obviously doesn't hold. In New York many people take their Bokashi bins down to the local allotment garden. A godsend for the folks trying to get things to grow in urban soil. In NZ I've heard of a number of cafes with their own gardens who are happy to receive Bokashi. In Japan where life is so dense that small farms and housing co-exist, housewives give their Bokashi to the local farmers and receive a basket of veggies in return. In Thailand and Korea there are urban council collections of Bokashi food waste; you couldn't do this without Bokashi because the rat and stench problem would be too great. Given that you only have to empty a bucket every 2 to 4 weeks, I'm sure most apartment dwellers could find a community solution. There's always a gardener at work, a neighbour with an allotment, a father-in-law with a veggie garden. It's up to us to find the creative solutions and solve this tragic waste of what should be good growing soil. /JennyH The last thing you want to do is just “get rid of it”. Food waste really should become soil again otherwise there’s no ecocycle. We’re losing good growing soil all over the world, eating it up and throwing it out in the form of food waste; in the end it obviously doesn’t hold.
In New York many people take their Bokashi bins down to the local allotment garden. A godsend for the folks trying to get things to grow in urban soil. In NZ I’ve heard of a number of cafes with their own gardens who are happy to receive Bokashi. In Japan where life is so dense that small farms and housing co-exist, housewives give their Bokashi to the local farmers and receive a basket of veggies in return. In Thailand and Korea there are urban council collections of Bokashi food waste; you couldn’t do this without Bokashi because the rat and stench problem would be too great.
Given that you only have to empty a bucket every 2 to 4 weeks, I’m sure most apartment dwellers could find a community solution. There’s always a gardener at work, a neighbour with an allotment, a father-in-law with a veggie garden. It’s up to us to find the creative solutions and solve this tragic waste of what should be good growing soil.
/JennyH

]]> By: joy http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 joy Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:06:25 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-2374 Jenny and Aaron, I'm so glad you've had first-hand experience with bokashi bins! Our real question is what should people who don't have access to outdoor soil do? With bokashi bins can they flush their "compost product" down the toilet? I know it can be used on houseplants, but you must have to have quite a few to process all of it. With worm bins is the compost all digested so that there are no bi-products? Any tips you could share would be a great help! Jenny and Aaron,
I’m so glad you’ve had first-hand experience with bokashi bins! Our real question is what should people who don’t have access to outdoor soil do? With bokashi bins can they flush their “compost product” down the toilet? I know it can be used on houseplants, but you must have to have quite a few to process all of it. With worm bins is the compost all digested so that there are no bi-products? Any tips you could share would be a great help!

]]> By: Aaron M. http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Aaron M. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:40:49 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-2368 It's just an anaerobic digester with microbial additive (as shown on this site http://www.bokashi.com.au/). It's not complete decomposition and requires 4-8 weeks of trench composting to complete the process. It's not as magical as it sounds. A simple worm bin would be more useful for apartment dwellers as they wouldn't need to do the trench composting step. Granted, it's nice that you can compost dairy and animal products in it, but I think you could set up your own bucket off to the side next to your worm bin and add worm tea to the meat/dairy bucket to anaerobically digest those products. That's just speculation. I'll update this post once I try that idea. It’s just an anaerobic digester with microbial additive (as shown on this site http://www.bokashi.com.au/). It’s not complete decomposition and requires 4-8 weeks of trench composting to complete the process. It’s not as magical as it sounds. A simple worm bin would be more useful for apartment dwellers as they wouldn’t need to do the trench composting step. Granted, it’s nice that you can compost dairy and animal products in it, but I think you could set up your own bucket off to the side next to your worm bin and add worm tea to the meat/dairy bucket to anaerobically digest those products. That’s just speculation. I’ll update this post once I try that idea.

]]> By: JennyH http://greenbabyguide.com/2009/03/15/the-sunday-question-do-bokashi-bins-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 JennyH Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:23:26 +0000 http://greenbabyguide.com/?p=2484#comment-2367 Hi, me again. Nope, no charcoal filter. You sprinkle over a handful of Bokashi bran each time you add food waste to the bucket. There are billions of "good" microorganisms in each handful, and they go to work on the food. I know it sounds incredible (and I was very sceptical at first too) but it actually does work. You just get a gentle vinegar smell when you open the lid, no big deal. Millions of people are using this around the world, so that speaks for itself. Worm farms are great but Bokashi is easier, a lot more forgiving and its no trouble to go off on holiday and leave it. The runoff juice is great for fertilising houseplants (and in the garden if you have one). If you live in an apartment you'd need to know someone with a garden or an allotment who'd be happy to take the contents of your bucket every 2 to 4 weeks. Any gardener worth his salt will love you for it. You can also use it in balcony planters etc, mix 1:4 with potting mix and you'll have much happier healthier plants. Just my two cents worth. /JennyH btw all the EM Bokashi microbes are on the FDA's completely harmless list. They're out there in nature anyway, its just that in this combination they do rather a good job. Hi, me again. Nope, no charcoal filter. You sprinkle over a handful of Bokashi bran each time you add food waste to the bucket. There are billions of “good” microorganisms in each handful, and they go to work on the food. I know it sounds incredible (and I was very sceptical at first too) but it actually does work. You just get a gentle vinegar smell when you open the lid, no big deal.
Millions of people are using this around the world, so that speaks for itself.
Worm farms are great but Bokashi is easier, a lot more forgiving and its no trouble to go off on holiday and leave it. The runoff juice is great for fertilising houseplants (and in the garden if you have one).
If you live in an apartment you’d need to know someone with a garden or an allotment who’d be happy to take the contents of your bucket every 2 to 4 weeks. Any gardener worth his salt will love you for it. You can also use it in balcony planters etc, mix 1:4 with potting mix and you’ll have much happier healthier plants.
Just my two cents worth.
/JennyH
btw all the EM Bokashi microbes are on the FDA’s completely harmless list. They’re out there in nature anyway, its just that in this combination they do rather a good job.

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