As of today, I have finished culturing the EM (at least my own version of it, let see how it goes), I have made the Bokashi mix, and of course the Bokashi bucket. All using a very cheap ingredients. If it works, then my next step would be experimenting using a more sophisticated ingredients.
Photos will be next. If it successful of course.
(Jakarta is hot! I'm sweating like a pig, and it's only 9 am at the end of may 2012)
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Bokashi Method
Have you ever heard about Bokashi?
That is a very simple yet powerful method for "composting" as oppose to the conventional way of... well... composting.
I'll elaborate in a second. First, let's do some history lesson for a bit. Bokashi is a Japanese word means "fermented organic matter". Why Japanese? Because the first scientist to develop this remarkable method is Japanese named Dr. Teruo Higa. Well not really actually, the original concept of this Bokashi method could be tracked down to many Asian countries, including Korea, China, Indonesia, and of course Japan, and maybe some other countries that has long history of agriculture. But it was Dr. Higa that found the patented Effective Microorganism (EM). This EM is the key to the modern Bokashi.
So, how a Bokashi method of composting works? Bokashi is done by fermenting the organic trash using EM before you bury it under the soil. Just to refresh your memory, fermenting is also done in the making of Tempe, Yoghurt, Yakult, etc.
This is a superior way of composting for number of reasons. It does not smell bad, it is greener to environment (compared to conventional composting, Bokashi does not release heat and CO2), the resultant soil will be richer in nutrient, and shorter time to decompose the organic materials (around 1 month compare to 6 months with conventional method).
When I researched this method on its application in Indonesia, I found a lot of EM-4 word. Maybe the farmers and scientist here somehow modify the original EM to better fit the local soil condition and/or adding local microbes to the solution.
Doesn't matter, don't care. I only care about my personal goal, which is: to make sand (yes sand, as in the beach or any similar marginal soil) plant-able. However, in doing so, the method must be sustainable, cheap, using home-made trash, and can be done by one lazy ass person (guess who? yep, me).
And as to why do I want to do gardening in sand? That's a mystery I will have to tell you in another post (if I ever write about it).
Soo... I'll keep on posting the progress. Currently I'm researching and experimenting on the right microbes, or in other word, creating my own version of EM.
(Mid of May 2012, very busy but somehow I know I have to do this Bokashi thingy)
That is a very simple yet powerful method for "composting" as oppose to the conventional way of... well... composting.
I'll elaborate in a second. First, let's do some history lesson for a bit. Bokashi is a Japanese word means "fermented organic matter". Why Japanese? Because the first scientist to develop this remarkable method is Japanese named Dr. Teruo Higa. Well not really actually, the original concept of this Bokashi method could be tracked down to many Asian countries, including Korea, China, Indonesia, and of course Japan, and maybe some other countries that has long history of agriculture. But it was Dr. Higa that found the patented Effective Microorganism (EM). This EM is the key to the modern Bokashi.
So, how a Bokashi method of composting works? Bokashi is done by fermenting the organic trash using EM before you bury it under the soil. Just to refresh your memory, fermenting is also done in the making of Tempe, Yoghurt, Yakult, etc.
This is a superior way of composting for number of reasons. It does not smell bad, it is greener to environment (compared to conventional composting, Bokashi does not release heat and CO2), the resultant soil will be richer in nutrient, and shorter time to decompose the organic materials (around 1 month compare to 6 months with conventional method).
When I researched this method on its application in Indonesia, I found a lot of EM-4 word. Maybe the farmers and scientist here somehow modify the original EM to better fit the local soil condition and/or adding local microbes to the solution.
Doesn't matter, don't care. I only care about my personal goal, which is: to make sand (yes sand, as in the beach or any similar marginal soil) plant-able. However, in doing so, the method must be sustainable, cheap, using home-made trash, and can be done by one lazy ass person (guess who? yep, me).
And as to why do I want to do gardening in sand? That's a mystery I will have to tell you in another post (if I ever write about it).
Soo... I'll keep on posting the progress. Currently I'm researching and experimenting on the right microbes, or in other word, creating my own version of EM.
(Mid of May 2012, very busy but somehow I know I have to do this Bokashi thingy)
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Perfection-obsessed Guy And His Punishment.
It’s been a long time since my last post here. Two year and eight month to be exact. I can’t believe it’s been that long. I guess twitter is one to be blamed, it’s so easy and simple to use. I was still writing though, I just don’t publish it. And the unthinkable happened recently, my hard disks (both laptop and the back up external hard-disk) crashed, it crashed my years of unpublished mumbling along with it. I just don’t know why I didn’t publish it, I keep perfecting it and looking for the most suitable images to make it even more perfect. See where that took me. Another lesson in life learnt…
…use cloud instead of external hard-disk to back up that is.
I’ll share some of my point of view in everything later on. Mind you, I’ll write more about businesses and politics, blame it on the older me. In three months I will even probably start writing about parenting (a very big grin), blame it on the even older me. Being older is not that bad after all.
It’s interesting to analyse how as the life goes on, I just don’t have any inspiration to write about anything romantic (well, not that I ever write a proper one anyway). Is being older also mean less-romance in life?
(Palangka Raya, early March 2012, just upgraded my blackberry service so that it can be used as a modem without any additional charges – hence blogging(a.k.a. wasting time) from a remote project office is now possible for me)
…use cloud instead of external hard-disk to back up that is.
I’ll share some of my point of view in everything later on. Mind you, I’ll write more about businesses and politics, blame it on the older me. In three months I will even probably start writing about parenting (a very big grin), blame it on the even older me. Being older is not that bad after all.
It’s interesting to analyse how as the life goes on, I just don’t have any inspiration to write about anything romantic (well, not that I ever write a proper one anyway). Is being older also mean less-romance in life?
(Palangka Raya, early March 2012, just upgraded my blackberry service so that it can be used as a modem without any additional charges – hence blogging(a.k.a. wasting time) from a remote project office is now possible for me)
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