Comments on: In The Organic Garden This Week http://organichomegardening.uwcblog.com/in-the-garden-this-week/in-the-organic-garden-this-week-3/ Growing fresh food to improve your health and the environment Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:32:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Margaret http://organichomegardening.uwcblog.com/in-the-garden-this-week/in-the-organic-garden-this-week-3/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Margaret Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:34:00 +0000 http://organichomegardening.uwcblog.com/?p=690#comment-72 Hello organic gardener, Thanks from me too, for your most enjoyable blog. You mentioned that you put covers on the beds, and I wonder if you can tell me what sort of covers you use? I have recently installed raised beds and know that time is running out for arranging some sort of cover for them before the hot days hit. What would you advise from your experience? Hello organic gardener,

Thanks from me too, for your most enjoyable blog.

You mentioned that you put covers on the beds, and I wonder if you can tell me what sort of covers you use? I have recently installed raised beds and know that time is running out for arranging some sort of cover for them before the hot days hit. What would you advise from your experience?

]]> By: kate henshaw http://organichomegardening.uwcblog.com/in-the-garden-this-week/in-the-organic-garden-this-week-3/comment-page-1/#comment-71 kate henshaw Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:38:32 +0000 http://organichomegardening.uwcblog.com/?p=690#comment-71 hello organic gardener, i'm enjoying your blog and read how composting is a skill. i agree but have found the japanese method of bokashi to be amazingly simple. it 'pickles' your scraps using effective micro-organisms in an anaerobic environment which kick-starts the breakdown into soil. the scraps need to be buried but within a few weeks have turned into rich black soil. no need to buy the expensive buckets or the 'powder' - you can figure out how to do your own. between the worms, the pet rabbit and the dog and now our bokashi we have no organic scraps at all - and we live in sydney with only a pool and pebblecrete in our backyard! cheers and keep upthe awesome garden. kate hello organic gardener,
i’m enjoying your blog and read how composting is a skill. i agree but have found the japanese method of bokashi to be amazingly simple. it ‘pickles’ your scraps using effective micro-organisms in an anaerobic environment which kick-starts the breakdown into soil. the scraps need to be buried but within a few weeks have turned into rich black soil. no need to buy the expensive buckets or the ‘powder’ – you can figure out how to do your own. between the worms, the pet rabbit and the dog and now our bokashi we have no organic scraps at all – and we live in sydney with only a pool and pebblecrete in our backyard!
cheers and keep upthe awesome garden.
kate

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