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July 8, 2008 at 10:39 am
Cameron
Hi There Sarhn.
I seen your post to the Bokashi Australia Blog. Un fortunately that blog I am having problems with, and I don’t wish to delete it. It could be weeks before I get it fixed.
In the meantime, more blogs are being published to http://billjackjane.blogspot.com/ site, which includes the older posts.
With regard to your question. The EM Bokashi Powder (Green Frog Bokashi) will nuetralise the smells of the dog poo. We also have a white ball of fluff (dog/Bichon Frise) and my partner tgrawls the back yard for stools, puts them in a 2L icecream Container, and sprinkles with Green Frog Bokashi.
With the lid in, then this would be anearobic, and beutrelise the smell. When the pail is full, bury somewhere in the garden (just not next to the lettuce or humanly consumed vege patches)
Does this help?
July 11, 2008 at 6:11 am
weddingplanningtips
Hi Cameron,
I appreciate your response.
Had a look through your blog and website.
Think I finally understand. My confusion came from previously learning that anaerobic (without air) is basically what happens in a landfill. Knowing organic waste being broken down this way creates methane and methane is a greenhouse gas.
Then I read this on your blog “before, I used to burry my organic waste in the ground and waited for at least 6 or more months before I can use them as compost fertilizer. But since I use EM, I placed those treated waste from my kitchen directly next to my plants and the results is amazing. Before I couldn’t do that because the plants would die.”
http://billjackjane.blogspot.com/2007/07/post-from-yahoos-em-farm-ind-group.html
Now I feel comfortable knowing that Bokashi bins will not create methane greenhouse gas.
Our worms are currently eating 80% of our kitchen household waste. So my thinking is to have one Bokashi bucket inside to cover the remaining kitchen organic waste that the worms won’t eat (protein, diary etc). Then use your suggestion of a large ice cream container & mix with your EM Bokashi Powder for the dog poo. Then when ice cream container is full, burry in our garden (may I say we live in the city and apart from our pot plants we only have approx one metre square garden at the front).
I like that you’re white & black Bokashi buckets are made from recycled plastics.
Cameron does it sound as if I have understood correctly?
I see you have a PO Box in Marrickville. Do you have a store in Marrickville? If not I can go to Newtown (I had a look at the stores listed on your website).
Thanks Cameron
Sarhn
July 11, 2008 at 6:14 am
weddingplanningtips
Sorry Cameron,
Left this bit out from your blog “Therefore, EM neutralizes the methane or may be consumed them, thus no methane is emitted to atmosphere.”
It is the ‘EM’ (sand like material) that you sprinkle on your waste inside the buckets that stops the methane gas being emitted into atomosphere!
August 8, 2008 at 11:19 am
Cameron
Hi Sarhn
The process (for the dog poo system) to be successful, should be anearobic, but it’s not necessary. Aerobic use of EM Bokashi Powder should also neutralise smells and breakdown, although you may have to use a bit more.
National Parks in NZ (and some in Australia) use a lesser strength EM Bokashi powder for there (bush) composting toilets, It results in very little smells, if everyone sprinkles some Em Bokashi after there stool session.
We have a dog toilet solution in R&D. I cannot tell you too much about it, but it works on all of the above concepts.
In previous answers I have comented against pet poo in the garden, I suppose the main thing I mean’t to say, is that after you have collected the dog poo and sprinkled with EM, (lid on) you wouldn’t really want to put this matter on vege garden. It certainly go on the roses or natives
Email me any more questions. I have fixed the blogs issues. see latest http://billjackjane.blogspot.com/
KR
Cam
August 9, 2008 at 12:53 am
weddingplanningtips
Hi Cameron,
Really appreciate your assistance and advice on this topic!
I am testing and trying it all out at the moment.
Will add an update post / comment with the results.
Thank you so much!
Sarhn
October 12, 2009 at 9:53 pm
kempozone
I‘m sure many of you are like me and one of the first things you do in the morning is head here and check out the new post. Along with seeing the new posts, I’m also always checking out the blog roll rss feed and watching them grow, or shrink sometimes. In one of my past …but all in all excellent site. Keep it up!
October 15, 2009 at 7:53 am
weddingplanningtips
Thanks Kempozone for stopping by and having a read. Thanks also for leaving a comment.