So today in the mail i got my bokashi bin and i'm gonna open it and see what's it like
you have a manual get started exciting and then you have got your bin and that's it basically
we also get a poster
that's so cool and cute what does it say no food in here we recycle our food scraps
join the compost revolution that's cool i can use it in the center or something in my kindergarten
and let's see with this bucket it also comes with
a spray and the press i think this would be oh does it go to the bottom i have to figure it
out how it works so with bokashi bin it's basically a fermentation of dealing with food scraps
that you just chuck basically anything in there apart from anything that's too saucy or soupy
which is really awesome because usually compost bins and like worm farms you can't
decompose citrus fruits or like cooked food or meat and dairy products but with bokashi bin you
can do everything apparently never tried it and that's why we'll find out and then it comes with
this spray bottle as well that has got enzymes in there that helps the fermentation going and
basically over the week or so you just have to fill up your bucket with like your food scraps
just anything left over or your meal prep food scraps just put it in there and then you press
it really hard because it's a process that you don't want too much air to go in there
and you just spray a little bit of the enzymes and this is what i think it's how it works
and you're supposed to put it down like that i guess just to strain
the juice out from the food so you can like use this tab to like get your liquid out from the bin
um keep the bin in the dark cool place indoor or outdoor keep the lid closely uh closed tightly
when it's not used and then the liquid that comes you can use it to water your garden
or plant it's a really good fertilizer and then once it's full
of the food scraps you just tuck it away for two weeks and then just let it ferment
and then you can dig a hole in your garden and then you bury the food and then it would speed
up the composting process like really quickly so you get like really nutritious soil that's
what i think it is and i'm excited to try out so we'll see how it goes
you ready to look inside
I was thinking like oh maybe i shouldn't wear a glove (Julius: good call good call)
But nooo it's too gross I can't touch it
it doesn't smell though that's the thing
okay it does a little bit
Julius: I was like wait a second then what did I smell....YUP!
Ugh smell like vomit (Julius: but it doesn't smell though😂 ) it shouldn't smell like vomit though
i don't know this bokashi bin i think i'm doing something wrong
but it doesn't smell like horrible it smells (Julius: debatable...)
can you smell it
help help (Julius: spin it?) no don't spin it this way
(Julius: Oh but i can smell it)
Can you?! 🤣🤣🤣
(Julius: Just gonna vomit on top of it)
hella [ __ ] nasty man
what don't we do for nature
Okay that's done I'll give it a good clean
(Julius: That's it! you wanna have a look inside?)
Now just need to turn it around and spin it
let's check um i have put some grass clippings in there as well if you see
the stringy bits they are the grass clippings otherwise you can see the food scraps that we have put inside
two weeks ago has broken down a lot quicker the color has changed to a dark color um
and you can hardly see the form of the food
let's see if you can find some bits no so it has all broken down really nicely already which would
have taken three months if it didn't go through the bokashi bin process
so it's good it really did speed up the um breaking down process with the bokashi bin
so the food scraps have turned into the soil form a lot quicker
here's my second bucket of the bokashi bin my second attempt which looks a lot more promising
than the first one and i'm pretty sure the first one it was so mushy because i left it for way too
long and the reason i think this is looking good is because of the white mould that is forming
and that's a good sign for saying that the enzymes are doing their job so it looks pretty good and
i think in a week or so time they are ready to go into the compost bin
Alright to wrap up i would recommend the bokashi bin if you already have a compost bin at home
because essentially it's only a fermentation process it doesn't actually turn your food waste into this soil form
um otherwise it does speed up the composting process a lot quicker than if you only just deposit your
food waste straight to the compost bin so that's pretty good um and yeah oh with the smell
um it was only because we didn't do it right because we were moving in between places and we
left it in the bin for way too long and that's why it ended up having this horrible smell
otherwise if you have done it right which is to leave it to ferment for only two weeks then it
actually has a pleasant vinegary smell and not a vomit smell so that's my video for this week bye