Bokashi

Bokashi is a composting system that you can do right inside your kitchen with two buckets.   The term Bokashi is a Japanese word meaning "fermented organic matter".

Bokashi bins work by using a fermentation process, a system designed to work in pairs of buckets.  Add food scraps to the first bucket with a sprinkling of bokashi active bran, push the material down and seal the lid.  Keep doing this until the bucket is full and then use the second bucket. 

The fermentation process will take approx 2-3 weeks, after which you will have a liquid collected in the bottom bin, which can be diluted and used as a fertilizer for your plants.

Either bury the contents, which rapidly breaks down in your soil and makes great organic fertiliser or add to your compost heap to accelerate the composting process.  Every so often you will need to buy more bokashi active bran.

Click here for a step by step guide for using a Bokashi system.

Click here to see Adrian using Bokashi at County Hall

Buying Bokashi

Bokashi systems are available at:

www.hw.getcomposting.com/ or by calling 0844 571 4444

or local suppliers such as:

www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/ 

Lower Blakemere Farm, Blakemere, Herefordshire HR2 9PX, UK  01981 500391

www.bubblehouseworms.com/

Bubble House Worms, Chapel Lane, Bransford, Worcestershire WR6 5JG 01886 832559