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Garden Compost

Recycling Your Kitchen Waste into Compost Easily

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Many of our garden maintenance customers ask about making compost from kitchen and garden waste and we are

Kitchen Waste Digester
Kitchen Waste Digester

always keen on new technologies and ideas about how to do that easily and cleanly. As you probably know if you have ever managed a compost heap that it can get smelly and turn downright putrid if you get it wrong.

Earth Probiotic Recycling Solutions Pty. Ltd. is a recycling business focused on the management and reuse of food-waste.

Food-waste, when dumped, is an environmental hazard.  During the putrefying process, food-waste produces greenhouse gases including methane, attracts vermin, provides an ideal breeding ground for pathogenic bacteria and pollutes above and below-ground water sources.

However, when treated properly food-waste can be reused as a microbial rich soil enhancer. And any gardener likes that idea.

Earth Probiotic’s solution is a fermentation (vs. decomposing) process.  Using bokashi – wheat-bran innoculated with effective microorganisms – food-waste is fermented in anaerobic drums and digesters.  Through this process, ALL food-waste can be treated including cooked and uncooked meat, sea-food, dairy, onions, citrus and small bones.

During the fermentation process pathogens are removed through competitive exclusion.  Good bacteria colonises the food-waste matrix and makes it ready for reapplication into soil and compost.

Not only is the food-waste thus now reusable, the end product is rich in essential microbial life and thus has the ability to super-charge plant and vegetable growth.

Earth Probiotic offers food-waste management solutions for households and businesses.

Business Food-Waste Solutions

As no two commercial kitchens are the same, Earth Probiotic offers a bespoke solution.  Solutions can be either:

Setting up on-site composting facilities so that food-waste can be reused in the grounds of the entity.
Providing a collection and replacement solution where fermentation drums are collected and replaced with clean ones.  Food-waste is taken to Earth Probiotic’s composting facility in northern Johannesburg.

For both solutions, in-kitchen separation is necessary.

Earth Probiotic provides fermentation drums, separation drums and bokashi.  Bokashi should be added to the food-waste during the separation process.

Successful implementations include Protea Hotels (Witbank, Capital, Highveld), The Peech Hotel, and a completed trial at Nando’s in Savoy.  Benefits of the system listed are:

Cleaner more easily managed kitchens.
Significantly fewer flies and other pests.
Reduced odours.
Increased waste awareness and thus savings.
Financial savings on pest deterrents, rubbish bags, cleaning products and bin pick-up costs.

Domestic Food-Waste Solutions

Imported digesters manufactured by SCD Probiotics in Thailand.  These digesters (also called composters) are anaerobic probiotic-infused plastic bins.
Local digesters manufactured in South Africa.  These bins are available in 20/25l for domestic and small B&B use.
Bokashi bran which is essential for the effective fermentation of the food-waste.  Bokashi is locally brewed using SCD Probiotics technology.
Food-waste is deposited in the digester and then progressively layered with bokashi.  During the process there are no bad odours, no fly infestation and no roaches.  It’s the cleanest and easiest and cleanest way to manage your food-waste.

If the idea of easily disposing of your kitchen waste – domestic or commercial –  interests you then call Kevin on 0847125129 for more information and a costing for your application.  You may be surprised at how little it costs and you may even end up saving a lot of money in the process.

Gardening

How To Discover Solar Garden And Patio Lights

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You can buy Solar garden and patio lights just about anywhere that garden supplies are sold. They have a way of making a garden space seem more glamorous and finished. It might be the final stage to your garden project. If you are needing some tips and ways that you can make these lights work for you, then follow some quick guidelines.

Usually people will do things to their garden to spruce it up a bit. Things like a patio set, and some plants might do the trick. When you want to add a little extra to the desired look, you might consider some lights. Solar lights make perfect sense because they do not require any electricity, and they get there power from the sun. That can be a very low maintenance way for you to have the lighting that you want.

One of the fantastic aspects to the solar lights is that they require no electricity. That means you don’t have to think about where you are putting them in relation to a plug outlet or where a cord might be seen. They get all of their energy right from the sun and then shine all night.

If you are trying to plan out where you will put some lights in the backyard, you might try some different areas to get an entire look that is stunning. Places that are common for lights include; the deck, fence, gazebo and shed. If there is a spot to put lights, then you can add them to that area. Some will even place them in the garden beside the plants to light up the colorful area.

There are lots of reasons why adding some lighting can work for you and your home. It can light up your yard and create a feeling a security. It can also allow you and your family to sit outside and socialize at night, and it can even just make the garden area look great.

With a lit up backyard, it can mean that you and your family can now spend your evenings hanging out in the garden. The lights will give you a chance to enjoy the backyard while socializing with each other. When you have friends over, it can make a nice intimate place to mingle.

If you are concerned with the environment, then you are doing your part, by using Solar garden and patio lights. They are low maintenance and can make any space look festive and amazing. They are good on the hydro bill and do not even need to be thought about, they turn themselves off during the day. That means you do not have to worry about having them turned off at the end of the night. The only time you need to touch them is if you experience cold and snowy weather in the winter, then you will want to bring them into the garage or shed.

Solar garden lights add to the beauty of your outdoor space. Solar patio lights extend the choices for entertaining and outdoor living to the evening hours.