Category: fertilizer

Using Bokashi to convert kitchen waste to garden greenery

Bokashi (often confused with composting) uses fermentation to convert nutrients in kitchen and yard waste into fertilizer. The technique, developed by horticulture professor Dr. Teruo Higa, uses lactic acid bacteria to work its magic. Read how.

Compost Tea

Old-school gardeners like me often brewed up a sort of compost tea by dumping a heap of whatever compost they had in a bucket of water and then…