These days, one would hope that most people compost and don’t throw their food scraps into the bin to go to landfill. Yet, I recently went to visit some friends who still throw their food in the bin…!
#therearenowords #makesmewanttoscream
Needless to say, I can’t support this – so I left my food scraps on their bench and left them to do the dreaded deed themselves and put them in the rubbish bin!
This has got me thinking about the best way to compost for people who either have busy lives, small spaces or who live in rental properties.
Two ways spring to mind, either Bokashi or Worm farms.
Let us first look at Bokashi.
Bokashi has many uses if you have a garden or even a raised bed or two. It’s an innovative Japanese fermentation process that breaks down your food scraps, ready to add as a nutrient-source to your soil.
It’s simple to use – the fermented Bokashi either needs to be dug into the ground or placed into a compost bin after fermentation and covered with carbon, leaves, and brown material. You can also extract the Bokashi liquid from the bottom of your Bokashi bin, which is enormously valuable to tip down your toilet or shower or drains, as it is full of beneficial microbes that will clean your pipes, septic system and even the scuzz down your shower. The juice can also be diluted and sprayed back on your plants.
Later on in my blogging series, I will go into Bokashi and the wonderment of it fully, for now though I will move onto worms.
For the busy working person with limited space, I would suggest a worm farm. Worm farms are easy and will hold a lot of food waste and process your food into Vermicast.
Vermicast is a wonderful soil conditioner; has really healthy bacteria; grows healthy plants and will never burn your plants.
Once set up, a worm farm is easy to use and hardly ever needs emptying. Worms will process all your food scraps, including bones, with a no odour. The juice can be extracted via a tap at the bottom and watered onto any of your plants, including house plants. When ready, the vermicast can be used either in pot plants or small container gardening.
There is no need for anyone to throw food into landfill. Even if you don’t garden, there will be someone who does and is willing to take the amazing goodness a worm farm produces.
