Bokashi Juice

Once you've drained the Bokashi Juice then it should be used straight away.

Bokashi Bucket Explained in Simple Terms

This easy kitchen composting system directs food waste organics away from landfill whilst conditioning your soil on a microbial level. Absolutely any food can go into the ‘Bokashi One’ Bokashi Bucket’ including meat, dairy, citrus peel & onion.

The blend of micro-organism in the ‘Bokashi One’ Bokashi mix ferments the waste in anaerobic conditions, so there is no rotten food smells associated with decay and decomposition.

It’s so easy to use! Simply place your food scraps into the air tight bucket, sprinkle on some Bokashi mix and place the lid back on. Repeat this process until the Bokashi One Bucket is full. So convenient… no need to run outside to compost bin each day.

When the Bokashi One Bucket is full, the waste should then be buried directly into your garden. The microbes ensure a rapid breakdown. Bokashi waste can also be added to a traditional compost bin or worm farm.

The benefit to the soil is enormous. Not only does the soil get all the nutrients from the collected food scraps but you also add life to the soil in the form of millions of micro-organism contained in the Bokashi One Mix. Because the waste breaks down under the soil there is no release of harmful greenhouse gases.

The benefits don’t stop there – As your food waste ferments, liquid drains to a separate section at the bottom of the bucket. Drain the “Bokashi Juice” and dilute with water for a wonderful fertilizer, or as a natural drain cleaner. The beneficial microbes will compete with harmful bacteria, which helps reduce algae build up so it’s great for our waterways. Bokashi Juice is full of nutrients and is alive with micro-organisms.

What if you have very limited or no garden? You can still use the system. Its odorless and compact design makes it ideal for collecting waste in small homes. Disposing of the waste may require additional effort and some lateral thinking, perhaps gifting it to a friend or family member, or community garden. Even when full the Bokashi Bucket is easy to move around, the waste can be added to a compost bin or worm farm. Full instructions are provided with each Bokashi One Bucket.

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Bokashi Bucket in the Heatwave Cities

Certainly in normal conditions,  then a warm day will not affect the microbial actions that are quietly taking place in your 'Green Frog' Bokashi Bucket. 

But there is a small chance (hence this post),  in the receptical that the live and working micro-organisms may  face an early death if the temperature gets hot enough.  In this case,  then the fermentation process will likely stop and no longer be actively working.

Keep your bucket's out of direct sunlight during these long hot summer days to make the most out of this fantastic system.

If you are in any doubt,  then do the following:

1. Drain away the Bokashi Juice.  Bokashi Juice will form in the bottom of the bucket. This should be drained off as it builds up.   Bokashi Juice can be diluted with water and makes a terrific fertiliser for garden or pot plants.  It can be poured down drains and it is safe to use in septic tanks. When used in drains it will help to clean up our water ways by competing with harmful bacteria.
2. Bury the current waste
3. Clean out the bucket with a hose (over a poor patch of the lawn recommended) and wash out & some biodegradeable detergent  (if necessary) 
4. Start the process again, as per the instructions  http://www.bokashi.com.au/Bokashi-Instructions.htm 

Any questions, please send me a message direct through this blog,  i'll be happy to answer your enquiry.

Christmas, The Day After 'To Do's'

A couple of post celebration household tips, in case you forgot:

1. Don't forget to Bokashi all your waste (Info Here)
2. Sort all your recyclables (most families can see at least double this weekend)
3. Save Christmas paper and tissue/decorations for possible re-use next year
4. Turkey carcass can be simmered to resemble a lite 'fonds de volaille' (reduce by 2/3, skim, muslin & freeze)
5. Ham leftover?  Bone the joint, segment the usable ham into 250gm-500gm pieces and gladwrap into refridgeration.  Vacpac the trimmings, and freeze away for later use. Make a stock with the bones and rind and freeze for future use.
6. Berries, simmer quick then stick blend buzz with icing sugar, strain and bottle as fruit coulis.  The boil will stop any decomposition and benchmark it for a good few weeks in the fridge (bottled),  the sugar will help add as a preservative
7. Too much pouring cream?  Sometimes it splits a bit after bringing out of the freezer, but you can usually get something enriching.  (Stroganoff)
8. Red Wine.  Chances are someone spent a few dollars on that good drop. (Gluwein or Beef Borguignone for the North, For Downunder, keep for marinating holiday or NYE BBQ meats, Roo Fillet, Cervena)

OK,  so I mention the word freeze quite a lot,  but it is easy to waste food this time of year.  If you have a bucket of tomatoes that you know you are not going to use straight away,  then pop them in the freezer.  Then when you need to make Sce Tomate,  you have some snap frozen fresh tomatoes in the door of the freezer.
 
Finally,  a photo taken this week in Christchurch, New Zealand, about 10 minutes before the Lunar Eclipse.  Happy Holidays!

Prepare for Holidays (Bokashi Bucket)

Its that time of year when a lot of us clear out of town for holidays.  Things to remember:

1. Take the cat to cattery
2. Redivert the postal mail
3. Stop the newspaper
4. Configure your OOF in MS Outlook
5. Turn the hot water cylinder off
6. Put that old set of disco lights on the timer,  so everyone knows your home  (Right!)
7. Etc

Don't forget poor'lil Bokashi Bucket.  He doesn't need to be feed,  he knows you guys need a holiday.  But drain his "Bokashi Juice" before you leave town.

Pour the juice down the sink if you are not going to water out (fertilise).  Certainly you can go away for 3-6 weeks  and the Bokashi waste will just continue to ferment and you can bury it when you get back.  Or bury the waste now, give him a good cleanout and get things started in the garden on your return.

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Melissa Leong is a Sydney-based food journalist writing in the blogosphere for publications such as Urban Grocer and Daily Addict as well as for magazine publications such as Time Out Sydney. She has written for the Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide 2010 and is currently working on The Foodie's Guide to Sydney, 2011.

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