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Bokashi Update Print
Recycling
Written by Stephen Baines   
Saturday, 10 March 2007

The Brewed Liquor and making bokashi bran

The bokashi was set up two weeks ago and put in its "yoghurt maker" to ferment. The liquor was ready last weekend, but we didn't have the time to get sorted, as we didn't have all the resources for stage two.

This is what we did next.

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 May 2007 )
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Energy Update - Winter Update Print
Energy
Written by Stephen Baines   
Thursday, 22 February 2007

We've made some efforts to reduce our energy consumption compared to the UK, and as we're in the winter - when usage will be highest - I'm pleasantly surprised how it's going so far...

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 May 2007 )
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Carbon Update - Feb 2007 Print
Carbon
Written by Stephen Baines   
Thursday, 22 February 2007
We're now into late February, we're snowed in, so I thought I'd do the carbon footprint for February!
Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 May 2007 )
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Bokashi or "Effective Microorganisms" Print
Recycling
Written by Stephen Baines   
Friday, 09 February 2007

I'm constantly on the look out for new things that we can try around the farm to try and make a difference one way or another.

One issue that has cropped up is that we need to improve our composting. Over the winter it has become very clear the composting heap is in a far from ideal place, as it gets flooded when the snow melts...

As part of this, and after listening about it quite a few times on the Wiggly Wigglers Podcast, I have spent quite a long while mulling over the idea of EM Bokashi - or Effective Microorganisms - as a method of helping with "composting" waste, and improving the health of soil and animals.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 April 2007 )
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Our first green audit Print
Policy
Written by Stephen Baines   
Friday, 02 February 2007

We've just done our first environmental audit, using the "Saving the Planet Without Costing The Earth" book by Donnachadh McCarthy, a well known environmental author, campaigner and sometime Grauniad contributor.

(See here for Amazon pricing)

Here are the results...

Last Updated ( Friday, 09 February 2007 )
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