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GARDEN COMPOST BIN [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
CONT

Technically speaking, the bokashi method is a form of fermentation rather than composting—while composting decomposes waste and results in matter ready to be added to a garden, bokashi ferments(or pickles) food and results in matter still too acidic to be added to plants. That's why the final stage of bokashi composting is to add the bokashi matter to a compost bin or fallow spot in the garden. In short, bokashi is a way to quickly ferment food scraps so that they can be composted faster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
CONT

Le bokashi permet la fermentation des déchets organiques grâce à des micro-organismes, dits efficaces, mélangés à de la mélasse et du son de blé. [...] Le compost, obtenu grâce au bokashi, est très riche en nutriments, néanmoins il ne peut pas être directement mélangé à la terre, puisque la forte concentration d'acides aminés produits par la fermentation pourrait endommager les jeunes racines.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

Garden composting. If you have a backyard, you can quite easily set up an outdoor garden compost heap. You actually don’t need any special equipment, you can just set up a heap in the back of your garden, though if you want something a bit more contained(and more aesthetically pleasing) you can buy a compost bin.

Key term(s)
  • back yard composting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

Le [...] compostage de jardin est un mode de recyclage simple des déchets organiques produits par les ménages.

Spanish

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