Premium Bokashi Composting Starter Kit (Includes 2 Bokashi Bins, 4.4 lbs of Bokashi Bran and Full Instructions

In 2020 after being stuck at home during a global pandemic our family started to look for ways to grow more in the garden and waste less from the kitchen. To slow the flow of food-related waste leaving our home for the landfill, we looked for some alternative methods for disposing of food waste and we turned to composting as an option. After doing some homework on how to do this properly we found @compostable.kate on Instagram and learned of the Bokashi process.Looking for a stateside option for Bokashi bins we found Bokashi Living on Amazon and started with a two-bucket starter kit. With a family of 5 (3 teenagers) and my parents in the home, we realized that we were going to need more than just the two buckets. 1 year later we added 2 more.We have made mistakes along the way (leaving the lid unsealed) and have had a couple of sticky situations with our buckets but the learning curve is fast and mistakes were easy to correct. We now fill our buckets every few months and process all the Bokashi in three, 3'x3'x3' outdoor compost bins near our garden. The tea is used to either activate our compost or it is diluted and fed to the plants around the house when watering. We collect leaves in the fall and then use yard waste, chicken poo/pine shaving bedding, grass clippings, and Bokashi compost and tea to make amazing compost for our yard and garden.Our family has seen great results in our soil health since starting to use our Bokashi Living kits and highly recommend them to all households. We know our efforts are small but it feels good to not waste so much in the landfill and to be able to turn our food waste into something productive and healthy. We live in a residential area in a very dry state and can still make an impact.For transparency's sake - Our only issue with these buckets was with the drain system which started to leak on a couple of our buckets a little over a year into use. I submitted a support email to Bokashi Living on their website on a Friday afternoon and by Monday of the next week, I had a phone call to my cell with a solution. No need for added parts, just a simple and quick removal/cleaning of the drain system and we have been back up and running with no issues. (Thanks Nick for the chat!!!)Our family's food habits have changed for the better in our home over the past couple of years and I just can't ever see it going back to how it was. Thanks, team for the awesome product!!!

Just started using this Bakashi composter a month ago. and it’s great. I purchased after I had to get rid of fish and shellfish after a power outage and could not put into the outdoor compost. Smell free, easy, only effort is putting food scraps into bucket, sprinkling each layer with purchased “ pellets”, and once or twice a week, draining accumulated liquid from spigot (smells picked) which I add to outdoor compost. After a couple months, the bucket is ready to add to outdoor compost (or sand to compost pick up. I am pescatarian and will use for fish skin, shells of shellfish, leftover pet food. No food in landfill, which doesn’t break anything down due to lack of oxygen and expels methane.

This system is expensive for the fact that it's basically a fancy compost bucket...but it really works well. I got the two pack which was a good call as I could fill one and let it sit and ferment while I filled the other. I kept these under my sink and there was zero smell. Ill admit...BOTH buckets are full and have been forgotten about. Under my sink has been there about 6-8wks since I filled it and i only just now remembered it was there bc its just starting to have a very faint smell. The other bucket I forgot about in my mudroom until a few months later it also, started to smell lol. for an inhome solution, this is awesome

My first experience with this type of composting - easy to do. We collect scraps in countertop container (I use ice bucket with lid) and transfer to composting bin once a day and sprinkle with barley. Container holds fair amount, helps to have 2 in rotation so one is fermenting (2 weeks) while you are collecting scraps in the 2nd bin. It does have a kind of pickled scent - to be expected- but odor is contained completely by bins- you wouldn't know there was any scent until opened - and I do recommend doing that outside. I had 1 bin arrive with missing inner straining tray- it was promptly replaced by seller and they also sent some mesh cloth veggie bags. The bags are intended to replace grocery store plastic bags that you use to grab loose fruit and vegetables. They weigh almost nothing and are so handy I'm thinking of getting more. Great experience overall!

I've used this in the past. Food scrapes did not break down as quickly as they advertise. But that coul be because I left my pieces of food too big and it was in a container garden. Trying again now that I have an actual yard/garden.

Holds a lot of food scraps. Seal of lid works well. Arrives assembled. Bokashi bran seems to work. I add the fermenting bokashi to my compost pile or bury scraps in my garden bed.

I love this system. I was so intimidated to compost and this is so easy to do. Bins are sturdy. I have had no leaks, no smell in the house, no bugs. Filled up bins faster than I realized which just shows you how much food waste we produce.

I like this product and the system. I have been using it for almost three years. Unfortunately the spigots have stopped working and leak all the time. I took the spigot apart and thought it just needed to be tightened but I guess that was not the problem because they are both leaking all the time. I wish I could just replace the spigots because there is nothing wrong with the rest of the parts that will probably last forever. Now I am debating whether to buy again or stop composting.