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[@fazimoonsamad258]

Love this video keep making more videos like this and save Mother Earth from chemicals

[@adrianacasco1926]

Thanks Guys Thanks for the 🙏🌎, Our people Freedom Health and Sovereignty ! May we Grow Together as One

[@liliandganggang]

good job👍

[@PennyGetsItTogether]

Thank you! I learned something new that’ll be great foe me, my garden, abs the environment. Looking forward to your next videos.

[@larissaopenheart]

Thanks and bless you 🙏

[@bobbyturkalino9073]

May this information get to more people who need it.. thank you!

[@jadrshan]

very important video for us

[@amalasyamadas9259]

Love it!

[@billybown1397]

Great video. Thanks

[@timpage5021]

That’s amazing you’re changing minds there in Bolivia..

[@Leitz_kraft]

cool business idea, if people will buy the leachate!

[@augustofernandes2288]

You are fabulous Sir, your explanation is superb.....thanks so much for sharing this info....it's wonderful, may God bless you all involved with you in your work..😇😊👌👍

[@keithfisher4638]

What a wonderful video. I live on red clay soil in Pennsylvania and have fought hard to amend the soil. I believe that this is the answer for better production in my produce Garden ( Catoctin View Farm)

[@Horse237]

Clay soil needs calcium and soil biology according to Advancing Eco Ag. Test your soil first. Beef Bone powder is high in phosphorous and calcium.Chicken eggshells are high in calcium. You need to wash, sterilize in an oven and then pulverize the eggshells. I would feed the bone powder and the pulverized eggshells to worms. Also coffee grounds. Makes a great amino acid Nitrogen source. If you need potassium, I would throw a few bananas into a blender and pour it over the worm food in the bin. This is essentially a formula for a cheap organic alternative to Big AG NPK. And what we have is better. Worm bins must be protected against mice and ants. If you are in Pennsylvania, you will need to keep your worm bin warm in winter. Worms like Brewer's yeast.

[@timpage5021]

I know the struggle . I live in the clay capital and it’s took me a couple years to finally turn my soil to something rich enough to grow in. It’s actually really good black gold now

[@nelsondog100]

@@timpage5021 we have the same clay-based soil problem in the Philippines and find it frustratingly difficult labour intensive continually breaking and aerating the soil around the plants in the garden. Would you mind sharing your technique on loosening soil?

[@mauricebrown9094]

Farmers & growers of all types have a problem changing their ways around the world until they can see benefits and gains from others first. After all most of them do what their parents did. I watched a series of Utube Video's a while ago called Carbon Cowboys, the most interesting thing for me was that you can teach old dogs new tricks. I am very glad those fellas saw the light. We are all here to leave the world / your spot / your garden even better than we found it. If you take a tree from the forest then plant 2 in it's place. you know how it goes pal..

[@angiemylius8538]

We love to support you because you help so many of us!!!! Keep up the GOOD work and stay healthy🙏🙏 overflow of blessings to you all in Bolivia.

[@angiemylius8538]

Very informative video. You and Jessica make an amazing team. Thank you for sharing such wonderful insight to people all over the world. So very helpful!!!

[@kalibquinlan3604]

Awesome bro love your work , thanks for sharing, power for the people

[@grampamix21]

Very Nice vídeo!

[@nazrilhakim6773]

👍👍

[@jazplayer5013]

Kia Ora kare, loved the valueable content in all your videos hope to catch up with you one day and we will show you how we incorporated Bokashi into our gardens and thank you so much for the wealth of information.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Please do!

[@ThePilgrimsProcess]

Love this! We just made our first bokashi heap with the help of watching your videos. Excited to see how it looks in about 6 weeks time

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

How did it go for you? Did you do it in the open or a container?

[@ThePilgrimsProcess]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia we covered it with a tarp. After 2 months it was like a very degraded mulch as opposed to soil. Perhaps my inoculant was not as strong but regardless it has been an excellent amendment to our soil and our raised bed!

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

@@ThePilgrimsProcess that works too. I guess if you want it to be incorporated into the soil it needs to be mixed with it in equal parts and then covered

[@inthegarden6556]

Wow! Great video and information. Beautiful valley there! Looks like a place I would love to live in. What's the weather like they're and elevation? Can you show us the architecture and construction of your home and cabanas? Subscribed as your 52nd Subscribeer. 🙌🤸 looking forward to you sharing your knowledge with us and watching your channel grow. Happy new year from Santa Cruz California, and happy Happy Sabbath 💯🙏 blessings.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

It’s definitely a unique place here in Mizque. We are at 2,000 meters and one of the best climates in the world. Especially for food production. It’s our winter right now and can get up to 37 Celsius on a sunny day and 15 C on rainy days. It can go months without a drop of rain in parts of the year but right now is rainy season. We’d love to have a video about the infrastructure. Definitely will! Thank you for the well wishes and blessings. Happy New Year to you!

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

Nice. I've been doing this for a few years to keep material from summer to next spring as an ingredient to aerobic compost when green material is scarce.

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

I don't do the EFM though and it still ferments.

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

Lots of bird life is a signal all is well there. Good work on the video.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Good work. By adding the EM1 you ensure that the right bacterias dominate and speed up the process. We have noticed that this also affects the quality of the leachate. There are companies that just sell the EM1 as a fertilizer. While we haven't tested straight EM1 versus bokashi leachate against each other as fertilizers, I'm very confident that the leachate would be better. Fyi we even tested it against worm leachate and the bokashi out performed it.

[@RickLarsonPermacultureDesigner]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia Oh wow, good to learn this. I'll do some experimenting long these lines next growing season, thanks.

[@ALatsiou]

Great information, thank you for sharing and good luck with your projects. Watching you collects the scraps from restaurants and markets, I’m wondering if you are worried at all about it containing pesticides etc that would end up in your leachate fertilizer and then in your crops? Considering you can’t be certain about the scraps’ origin?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

As I understand it from Geoff Lawton, a renowned permaculturist, the bacterias involved in composting process help neutralize chemicals. In addition, when using the leachate fertilizer it eliminates the need for a chemical alternative and strengthens the plant often curtailing the need to use pesticide or fungicide. So much of what consumers eat has been sprayed multiple times. This method creates an important break in that cycle. Thank you for asking.

[@ALatsiou]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia Thanks for taking the time to answer! I wasn't aware the bacteria serve that purpose as well, that's useful to know. Other permaculturists I've spoken with take the approach of avoiding adding anything non-organic to their compost hence why I wondered what your view is. Bottom line is all about finding a better solution and tipping the balance towards healthier practices. Market produce seems to be an abundant resource for your farm!

[@timpage5021]

What Crops you grow other than alfalfa. And Back to Earth ( back to Eden ) gardening is the way to go.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Diverse veg to eat, too many to list. Medicinal herbs. Increasingly more trees.

[@Horse237]

1,000 Bolivianos equals $146.40 US. I looked up Mizque. It is a city and a district. Not many people. Not much rain. Do you do swales and ponds? That would be a great project. The example of available water would convince the local farmers of the need for permaculture. In 1840 before mono-cropping up to 37% of the soil in Australia was Organic Matter. OM and soil biology makes for great water retention. A 1% increase in soil OM will allow your land to absorb 25,000 gallons of rainfall per acre. Let me try to convert to metric. You have a hectare or 2.47 acres. 25,000 gallons equals 113,652.25 liters. 2.47 X 113,652.25 = 280,721. A 10% increase in soil OM would mean that you could store 280,724 more liters.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Nice one ! We do have a big swale and plan on installing more. Actually we should do a water video. This land has 2% organic matter when we bought it. Apparently 5 % minimum is needed for good crop production. We have been increasing this by planting oats and other crops which we left in the ground. We have a dream to take these techniques wider into mizque to help the rivers run all year round. There was an interesting competition ran in a region of India that produced excellent results…

[@wazoadili]

Very informative and helpful video. Do you put any water inside the tanks or just the EM1 and food scraps?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Dont add extra water and try not to put too much citrus juice in there either

[@wazoadili]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia Cool. Thanks!

[@akeesee11]

Amazing! I have a question: May I add rotting or diseased oranges and lemons in producing Bokashi, or is that not recommended?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

As a small part ok but if you add too much fungal element you may ruin the batch. Also the citrus juice really brings down the quality of the leachate for fertilizer purposes. We now put citrus waste (if we are given a big bucket of it) directly where we will make an instant garden.

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

I'm making the bokashi I don't have a bucket yet. But I'll get one when I can. And drill holes in the bottom to catch the leechate

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

You don't have to make holes in the bottom. You will need two buckets for that

[@loveislove9021]

How many kinds of feltilizers you know better for any kinds of vegetables,,,Or even in applicable in any kind of fruit bearing trees...

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

This is my favorite. Works superbly, is fast and efficient

[@gedhuffadine1873]

I like your hat! Where can I get one?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Thank you! 🤠There’s an amazing shop in Cochabamba. Great quality wool for a fraction of what they would cost in the States.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Unfortunately shipping is expensive from Bolivia but the cost is super cheap for great quality. Mine cost $40 and is made from US lambs wool. The equivalent in the US costs $400 upwards

[@3bouldersurban653]

The color choice for the note ( white on peach) isn’t the best to read!

[@andrejzalec4512]

Thank you for your efforts. I greet you warmly from Europe. Our beautiful country is Slovenia. One question. Do you use any molasses to stop the action of microorganisms and can you use bokashi liquid even later?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

The molasses (can be any natural sugar) is to feed the em1 bacterias. You can prolong their life by adding more sugar periodically.

[@ciftcibabam4778]

How do you make sure harm of pesticide that you collect the waste from local market?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

I have seen reference that composting bacterias transmute some of these chemicals. Also have only seen improved fertility come from this.

[@mb19842002]

Next level would be collecting methane from the compost for cooking / heating.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

That definitely has its applications but shouldn't be made from plastic as it degrades too quickly in the dry climate here. Resultantly would be expensive to setup and compete for inputs with our bokashi production. Perhaps will once we cant buy cheap gas for cooking

[@noah786]

Great system! I would like to see the video you have making Bokashi. Please, what is the link? You also may want to consider adding a link to this video. Thanks.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

We will be posting this in 2 weeks as we have to remake it from scratch. Thanks for your patience

[@noah786]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia looking forward to seeing your process. In the meantime I will try and make some bokashi grain. It looks like it takes a couple of weeks to get going so I might as well get a jump start on it. Just curious, do you use milk to grow a lab culture?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

@@noah786 in short: wash rice with equal parts water. Keep the rice ater in a sealed bottle for a week, then add 10x of milk (or whey) and 3% sugar. Wait another week (keep in a sealed bottle inside) That's the short version (the video will explain precisely)

[@simonrichardson6075]

When you making the Asia compost do you just stray the food items with lacit acid in between layers just found your channel Simon in Cayman islands trying regular compost but dry out very quickly

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Spray the em1. Keep compost covered or in an airtight container. Alternatively bury it.

[@jakemcallister7967]

My understanding is the leachate has a short self life and needs to be used right away. Is this true? In your EM1 video you put sugar in with it to make it last longer, can you do the same with the Bokashi leachate? Or are there other ways to preserve it for future use?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Keep out if the sun. You can telling its good from the smell. It will also go dark when it's losing power. I guess it keeos around 3-6 months tops perhaps longer in ideal conditions ( no sunlight exposure)

[@dctarrant5]

I’ve started doing this here in Texas but have been buying my EM1 and using bokashi bran. Not anymore. Thanks to your video, I will start making it myself. I also make homemade yogurt and have been looking for something to do with the whey. Solves two problems. How can I make Bokashi bran or do I even need it?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

You don't need EM1 treated bran. Try putting the diluted EM1 in a spray bottle instead.

[@nates2526]

Would this work in a climate where it freezes in the winter?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Sure would. If you are urban and small scale you could have the buckets inside. If the water tanks would be frozen for prolonged periods you could insulate them even with basic mud and straw supported by chicken mesh around the outside.

[@maddydog1234]

Can you use bokashi leachate as a seed treatment?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

I wouldnt do that. Look for an appropriate beneficial fungi like tricoderma.

[@metalimat94]

i saw so many flies at the bucket lid. does it smells bad?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

It usually does not attract flies as is sealed. Also only smells when open. One grows to appreciate the smell when working with it (bottling the leachate and removing the solids) as its so beneficial

[@mattyhirst]

Thanks for the informative video guys. I see you spray the crops all over with leachate mix, does this help to keep off pests? I have done a bit of an experiment in my garden and the acidic ph of it does seem to burn the leaves of some of the plants. Did it take you guys a few tries to get this right?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

That might be because of the concentration. Did you dilute 1: 40 water?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

I will test the pH of our leachate and let you know what it is. What's yours reading?

[@mattyhirst]

Thanks for the reply, I’ll get a kit and test it. I’ve read that it also could be the salt content coming from kitchen scraps?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

I've never had that problem so are interested to hear what you discover. We've even poured the leachate out full strength onto plants and they have not been burnt.

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

Where do you buy those tanks?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

They are normal water tanks. Common for Bolivia

[@YogaPinay]

Greetings. If I were to rehabilitate a 1 hectare farm that was used to chemical fertilizers and pesticides in planting rice, what would you recommend? Would spraying tons of sawdust with bokashi leachate spray (for Nitrogen) to be spread all over the field and then mulching with rice straws (Carbon) afterwards, will this be a good first step?? This is what I have in mind after watching your videos, maybe give the field a rest and then plant something else (veggies) in a month or two..

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Sounds like a good plan. The more organic matter you can put on it including animal manure will help. Why not build the soil structure at the same time by doing in it situ as you suggest!

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

If you could mimic the carbon to nitrogen ratio of 28:1 for a good compost that would be great. More green matter. Perhaps sew oats for a green mulch and cut in place then add the sawdust and bokashi leechate

[@YogaPinay]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia We don't have oats here in the Philippines but I will do as you suggested, perhaps plant mung beans or peanuts as green mulch. Thank you, that was so helpful. Your videos are very informative, I love them all. ❤️

[@xochipili1]

Collect the biogass and reduce your carbon footprint. Too easy , your almost there. "Solar cities design " biodigesters.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Will check out the design thanks. Personally I am a fan of C02 (the atom of life). However burning methane from bio-digestion can be a good idea. We use our solar ovens extensively to save on propane too.

[@Seriouslydave]

I have to ask bro, have you trialed bokashi in hydroponics? Even just a bucket? Im looking at feeding the bokashi waste to chickens black soldier flies (which in turn crawl out to feed the chickens also) and worms. I wondered if hydroponics could use the leachate and potash as a complete nutrient for most plants? I will try it and see over winter as i want my polytunnel to also use compost to heat itself over the colder days. (around 20° f in my zone)i will trial bokashi and urine.

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

One of the advantages of bokashi is that it does not attract insects. Havent tried with hydroponics.

[@Seriouslydave]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia i get ya, i know some people are feeding the bokashi to worms and also chickens as the em are great for layers (producing 30% more eggs in one study of 3400 layers. Compared to the control hens) they fed them the grain at something like 5-10% of their feed. And many people give them bokashi after its fermented and drained, instead of burying it, i was thinking of giving 1/2 to chickens, 1/4 to worms and 1/4 to established black soldier fly farm to feed the chickens, the larve crawl out of the farm as they mature and drop to the ground where the chickens love the live food. I cant find any videos on bokashi leachate being used in hydroponics as an alternative. how is the water situation on your farm? maybe hydroponics uses less water and you have an abundance of nutrients if it works. Then when the water is changed out it could be used on the soil plants. Have you looked at vertical planting?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

@@Seriouslydave we live in a productive valley primarily focused on agriculture. Hydroponics is fairly capital intensive to setup and is best suited to higher population densities and where land and labor is much more expensive. Thanks for sharing your bokashi insights. We have been putting extra bokashi solids in our chicken tractor on steroids compost with some success. Vut largely prioritise making instant gardens with it as the soil fertility is amazing for 3 years after. Its a dry land climate with a short rainy season saved by irrigation from rivers for 9 months or so. I have it on the list to make a type of siphon pump to periodically empty our duck pond water onto garden beds including having the materials ready. Got to wait till the rainy season though as our well water is limited so we wouldn't be able to refill the pond. Our well water is occupied watering trees, alfalfa and plantings which cover about 2500m2 of our 7700m2 property.

[@Seriouslydave]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia i dont mean to rehash you findings i am just new to bokashi as i come from a large commercial farm background growing alfalfa, timothy hay, and market gardens, so we just tested soil turned it added amendments by the ton with tractor, so im naturally trying to economize everything, if i can get 2 birds with one stone i try. I love sustainable thought process (you know being from nz where we have been on 82%+ renewable energy since the 80's) i have stepped away from commercial fertilizers for my little farm, and the cost of free+labour would have anyone interested. I did notice in one test i read that bokashi(leachate) is low on nitrogen, i will try mixing both bokashi and fresh urine (high in nitrgoen 10:1:1 npk thats why it needs to ferment 4 months to reduce the nitrogen) and see if results are noticable. I started my first batch of bokashi from brown rice milk a few days ago. kia ora bro.

[@Seriouslydave]

@@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia theres a guy on youtube who is an expert in ram pumps if you have to go uphill. land to house they can be scaled to suit.

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

What county is this? Do they have scorpions?

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Very few

[@Kaiwaipermaculturebolivia]

Bolivia