Today Sheryl Stivens came to talk to us about our Bokashi system. We learned about how Bokashi was invented in Japan, quite by accident. We were reminded to keep the lids on our Bokashi bins to keep out the wasps and other bad bugs. Sheryl told us that she finds lots of whole apples in Bokashi bins and how wasteful that is. There was a little bit of juice in the bottom of our bucket and no zing in our food bucket so we had to sprinkle that in as well. The zing is full of good bugs and start the fermenting process. Nikita had to put her hand inside a plastic bag and push the fruit down to make sure that all the fruit makes contact with the zing.
Interestingly enough, the stinkiest bokashi bin in the whole school came from the staffroom. The teachers need to sharpen up.
Hannah wanted to know if you can put mandarin skins in the bucket and yes we can.
Isla wanted to know if bokashi would help her mum's lemon tree that isn't growing lemons. Sheryl said that the juice would be best.
We watched a video about using Bokashi in the community. Some cafés and restaurants are using Bokashi bins for their scraps, which then goes into the community gardens; win win.
