Ilias Papaioannou

Hello lovely people,

I'm wondering if you have any experience with Biodybamics online training. I found several resources but I dont know whether it's good or not.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot,
Ilias

Thanks a lot, Tereza! I’ve already bought a bokashi bucket, so I’ll start with that for now. I’ll explore homemade Lactobacillus more deeply later this year.

Ilias

Tereza Okava wrote:Ilias, in case you decide to look at bokashi we've got some great threads here, such as https://permies.com/t/78784/Bokashi-Composting
https://permies.com/t/105926/composting/bokashi-bucket
https://permies.com/t/11246/bokashi
(there are plenty more)

And pleeeeenty of discussion about making the starter yourself, no need to buy it.
https://permies.com/t/210180/composting/Homemade-EM
https://permies.com/t/54482/Homemade-Lactobacillus-Serum

Great responses, thank you all. I’ll give it a try as a beginner and let you know what I figure out.

Ilias

Well, Matt, you are right! I want fertility for my plants, as well as try in practice these methods just to see for myself how they work.

I guess I'll check some tutorials on Vermicompost and FMC and try those. I heard that even an expired milk diluted in water does the job too. 10 to 1, water to milk.

You guys respond really fast here! I'm so grateful I found this community!

Ilias

Matt McSpadden wrote:Hi Ilias,
Welcome to Permies!

There is a saying that you don't want a drill bit, you want a hole. I wonder if this is one of those situations? Must you have compost? Or do you simply want fertility for your plants?

I think of vermicompost. This can be done on a small scale in the city, probably with the scraps you have around the house. It would provide some very fertile worm castings as a result. It is not the same as compost, but provides fertility and biological life... which is why we use compost.

Another thing to look into might be Fermented Microorganism Concentrate (which I believe is part of the Korean Natural Farming realm). Which is another way to produce a lot of fertility in a small space.

Thank you for your response, Tereza!

I was also wondering about the volume. In the workshop, we worked with more than a cubic meter of compost. I’ve seen those compost tumblers or barrels (I’m not sure what they’re called) that are around 160 liters, which is much smaller than a cubic meter.

Even though I can bring brown material from the forest, I can’t manage such a large compost bin in the city. So, I might go for the Bokashi method as well. Any advice there? I have a lot of fruit and veggies waste.

Ilias

Hello beautiful people! I'm super new to this adventure and I'm glad to be here. I bought land in Evia, Greece and I'm working and learning to build my own agriculture project.

My question though has to do with Composting recipes that you use in cities. I live in Athens and I want to make some compost for my balcony flowers and veggies. So, I'm asking for compost recipes that works for you.

Thanks a lot
Ilias