We decided to use the bokashi method to breakdown the things that are not suitable for our worm farms instead of putting them into the green organics bin. The unsuitable food scraps are: the onion family, citrus fruit and cooked food.
Bokashi is a composting system that uses Effective Microorganisms (EM) to break down the foodscraps.The bokashi mix is a grain that is inoculated with EM. It is a fully contained system, so it has no smell and thus can be kept indoors. Another benefit of bokashi, as opposed to other compost methods, is that you can put dairy and meat in and not attract pests. As food scraps break down in the bokashi system a liquid is released and collected in the bottom bucket. This liquid is very good for feeding plants and also is has cleaning uses, such as cleaning drains.
Instead of buying a $56 bokashi bucket system I decided to make my own. A $56 bokashi bucket system usually consists of a bucket with holes in it stacked inside another bucket to catch the bokashi juice, along with a packet of bokashi mix.
The buckets I got from Bishopdale KB’s. The bakery buys jam in the buckets because they need large quantities for tasty treats. They then sell them on at for $6.70 each, which is awesome recycling and reusing.
Bokashi is a composting system that uses Effective Microorganisms (EM) to break down the foodscraps.The bokashi mix is a grain that is inoculated with EM. It is a fully contained system, so it has no smell and thus can be kept indoors. Another benefit of bokashi, as opposed to other compost methods, is that you can put dairy and meat in and not attract pests. As food scraps break down in the bokashi system a liquid is released and collected in the bottom bucket. This liquid is very good for feeding plants and also is has cleaning uses, such as cleaning drains.
Instead of buying a $56 bokashi bucket system I decided to make my own. A $56 bokashi bucket system usually consists of a bucket with holes in it stacked inside another bucket to catch the bokashi juice, along with a packet of bokashi mix.
The buckets I got from Bishopdale KB’s. The bakery buys jam in the buckets because they need large quantities for tasty treats. They then sell them on at for $6.70 each, which is awesome recycling and reusing.
2 make a complete system, so the cost of buckets is $13.40.
To make the holes in the bottom on the bucket I drilled pilot holes with a small drill bit and then went over them again with an 8mm drill bit. 
Finished!
The bokashi mix I bought from Smith’s Mitre 10 at Church Corner for $12.So to make a bokashi system cost us $25.40, along with 15 minutes to drill some holes and the time to fetch the buckets :)
And here is one we prepared earlier!
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