Comments on: Compost that doesn’t smell? The answer to every city dweller’s prayers – Bokashi Composting

By: Emily Uebergang

Emily Uebergang — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:55:40 +0000

No I agree completely and I can’t imagine many doing this at all! I think there are many options for people to do away with their green scraps without needing to resort to ‘guerrilla composting’ and like you said, common sense and education about the local ecosystem goes a long way. Thanks for the comment and I LOVE hearing from people like you who obviously have such awareness. Hope you stick round

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 12:36:00 +0000

What about eutrophication in areas where protected plants grow on mineral poor soils.. you can’t go throwing your green waste in a guerrilla dumping way thinking you do a good job replenishing the earth with nutrients where they might do damage to those plants and ecosystems, thats the opposite of what we should do.. think about that every ecosystem has its own cycle of nutrients sustaining itself and it does not need us to add some more.. some places need our help of course because we are depleting natural resources.. but for green waste its best to use it in your own garden or bring it to company that composts

By: 6 Alternatives for City Composting When You Can't Compost At Home - The Urban Ecolife | The Urban Ecolife

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:21:37 +0000

[…] backyard space to have a full-fledged system. There’s this DIY Balcony Worm Farm and this Bokashi Composting System. There are those of us, however, who might not have the space or resources to do either and because […]

By: Emily Uebergang

Emily Uebergang — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:45:53 +0000

You have a pretty cool council by the sounds! We need more like that willing to offer up subsidies to help make these things more mainstream. Thanks so much for sharing your experience!!

By: Susan Shangle

Susan Shangle — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 04:32:09 +0000

I love my Bokashi system. I drenched my strawberry beds with “Liquid Gold” last year and this year the result are amazing. Lush, sweet and abundant.
When I lived in an apartment I just sent my buckets to a neighbor to use in her garden.
We are very fortunate- our council subsizes them so we are able to purchase at cost. I highly recommend having two sets.
BTW – it will never look like the picture above. This is more like pickling.. then when you bury it in the ground or pour it on your main compost pile it goes into overdrive and with a few months becomes like the black gold pictured above.
I highly recommend this system, really keeps your trash output low and makes great use of all those scraps. You can do meat and bones. Even processed foods. No oil or milk.
Try it- you’ll love it.