Have you ever wondered how you can compost at home easily?

Do you have too much food waste at home and want to make a positive use of it? Have you ever wondered how you can compost at home easily?

The Bokashi composting method is one of the easiest ways to do it. It gives off less odour, takes up less space and allows you to compost dairy and meat products. It is also much quicker than the traditional composting (takes up to 1 month) and, in addition, produces a plant-nutritious liquid that can be used in your houseplants. 

What is Bokashi? Bokashi is a Japanese term that means ‘fermented organic matter’. The bokashi method is a type of composting divided into two main steps: the fermentation process and converting the fermented food waste into soil.

The fermentation process is an anaerobic process made in an air-sealed container, in which microbes are directly added to the food waste to treat it. In this process, the microorganisms are growing in population and creating a microbe-dense environment in order to treat the waste, release nutrients from the food waste and make them useful and available. In the next step, the fermented food waste is added to the soil; which improves the diversity and population of life in the soil. It also enriches the soil structure enabling it with porosity, nutrient and water carrier microorganisms, and retainability of water. 

The Mini-Bokashi Kit allows you to experience all this process and learn how to make compost at a small scale. The kit is a way to try out composting, and see if that's something you want to keep doing at a bigger scale, and a good opportunity for kids to engage with nature.