Category Archives: bokashi

Winter Gardening

Posted on January 11, 2015 by reluctantretiree

The bokashi bucket needed to be emptied, winter or not. The bucket on the right has been aged two weeks in the bucket and needs to be dumped because the bucket on the left is almost full. Might as well … Continue reading →

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Revival

Posted on August 18, 2014 by reluctantretiree

Rejuvenated after a little R&R with friends in northern Wisconsin. Time to head back to school, including watercolor adventures. No worms were injured in this exercise.  

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If you have an itch, …

Posted on March 10, 2012 by reluctantretiree
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Bokashi Re-Cycle?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by reluctantretiree

First Dig a Hole I needed to “get rid of” some finished (aged in sealed buckets for two weeks) bokashi, so I dug a hole in the garden, dumped two 5-gallon bucketfuls, then covered the hole up with the dirt … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends

Posted on August 29, 2011 by reluctantretiree

Trellis Tomatoes Here’s a picture of one of my tomato plants (don’t remember the variety) that I planted in a cage next to a trellis.  The thing has grown above the 8-foot trellis!  This usually happens when a high-nitrogen fertilizer … Continue reading →

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Finished Bokashi

Posted on August 12, 2011 by reluctantretiree

Twenty days ago I put a small amount of dirt,  some bokashi, and more dirt into this planter.  I did not plant anything in the planter since then, so yesterday, I dumped the planter and decided to incorporate the contents … Continue reading →

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Bokashi Lottery Aftermath

Posted on July 23, 2011 by reluctantretiree

Planters with Dirt If you recall from my last post, I had a lot of ruined food when my refrigerator suddenly quit working without warning!  I fed some to my worms.  The rest I used to fill up a five-gallon … Continue reading →

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Bokashi Lottery

Posted on July 10, 2011 by reluctantretiree

Sez my granddaughter to my wife this morning, “Pepaw won the bokashi lottery!”  Well, not exactly.  Our refrigerator died overnight without any symptoms, and when we woke up this morning, the temperature inside the fridge was in the 60’s. My … Continue reading →

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Alt Bokashi Bucket Burying

Posted on June 15, 2011 by reluctantretiree

Hot Compost Pile This time I dumped my aged (two weeks) bokashi bucket in a hot compost pile that I was building. I started with a bag of grass/straw clippings from my lawnmower bag.  As you can see, some of … Continue reading →

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Bokashi Bucket Burying

Posted on May 19, 2011 by reluctantretiree

Full Bucket I usually don’t wait this long to empty my bokashi buckets, but I procrastinated in getting another bucket ready, so this one was full to the brim.  Sometimes I top off the bucket with spent coffee grounds to … Continue reading →

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