First popularized in Japan in the 1980s, bokashi composting is a unique, indoor composting method that has a number of advantages over other composting systems. Not only is bokashi composting small ...

Composting at home has many benefits, from enriching the soil with nutrients to reducing methane emissions by diverting food waste from landfills. People typically compost fruit peels, vegetable ...

Bokashi uses fermentation to break down food waste into beneficial pre-compost. The process takes place inside an airtight container, making it odor- and pest-free. Unlike traditional composting, you ...

This is a great option for small indoor spaces. Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues ...

Horticulturalist Daniel Cunningham puts in a layer of food scraps to make compost inside a Bokashi compost bucket at the Texas AgriLife Research Center. Rose Baca / Staff Photographer By now ...

Here's a practical guide to getting started at home. Bokashi composting is a bit different from other methods in that it's actually a fermentation system. (Bokashi is a Japanese word for "fermented ...

If you’re looking for a way to turn nearly all of your food waste into nutritious garden food, bokashi composting is for you. Bokashi composting is not exactly composting. It’s really fermentation, ...

The end product of this work also varies. Bokashi produces pre-compost that requires it to be buried in soil to complete the decomposition, making nutrient-rich fertilizer in about two weeks. Worm ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Composting at home has many benefits, from enriching the soil with nutrients to reducing methane emissions by diverting food waste from ...