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

I love this system so much! I live in a house with a small yard and wasn't keen on leaving compost outside- I don't have a cat anymore and really didn't want to attract rodents or pests. This system creates a pre-compost that you then bury outside, and it breaks down. By the time it's buried, it's too acidic for pests to eat. I also love the fermented tea that collects at the bottom of the bucket. I've been using it in my plants, and they are going nuts. I also really like that it's a small business. 10/10 would recommend!! I'm forwarding the link to my friends, too. The very first thing we put in the bucket was a bag of brussel sprouts that had gone bad. I thought for sure it would reek. You can't smell a thing with the lid on, and even when you take the lid off, it's pretty tolerable. It's a little on the expensive side, but again, it's a small business, and I think with the amount I'll save in trash bags and garden soil, it'll pay for itself in the end.

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!!!

Broken screw on spout after only 3 uses and having trouble getting replacement info. UPDATE! : Company contacted me personally, tried to problem solve and then sent replacement! Works great. Also- I’m noticing their Bokashi flakes at Re superior to any I’ve made or bought. Very effective. And no smell so my neighbors are happier.

I've been using this Bokashi composting system since January, and I'm really happy with it! The container doesn't leak, it fits lots of scraps, and the compost tea it produces is great for my houseplants. (Just make sure to dilute it LOTS- like 1 teaspoon of compost tea per 1/2-1 gallon of water works. I didn't dilute it sufficiently once and burned some plants.) No bad smells when the container is closed, and the Bokashi bran should be enough to last me quite a number of bucket fills. I only use about 1 tablespoon of the bran per 1" layer of compost scraps, and that seems sufficient. I ended up buying a second Bokashi bucket so I can keep composting while I let the filled bucket have it's required 2 week rest. I can't really compost outside during the winter and compost tumblers tend to attract the mice here, so this is the perfect solution!

This seemed like such a great bokashi composter. We've used it a few times now and it has been great. Unfortunately, this last time, I believe probably the fourth time we've used these buckets, 1 of them started leaking and we have had to put a short cup to catch the liquid in. Sometimes it has gone over before we could empty it and it stinks and makes quite a mess. I haven't yet contacted the makers of this product to ask about a replacement or replacement spigot. I just get so busy... it's been messed up for several weeks, but I didn't want to empty the bucket prematurely until the fermenting was done. I would love it if someone would reach out and help me fix this issue. Thanks!

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 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.

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