Microbial Earth Farms

A few weeks ago I posted in Talk asking for advice in gardening. Thanks to the great advice of several Unilocalers, I was sold on getting a Bokashi bin in less than 24 hours. I made a call to Microbial Earth Farms and a sweet lady said they would have a bin waiting for me at their office. All I had to do was show up.
I showed up at about 6:30 p.m. and Patrick was extremely helpful. I think I asked him every question a newbie composter would ask, and then some. And he was extremely patient and didn’t make me feel like office hours ended eons ago!
Two weeks ago, in an insomniac state, I wrote an essay e-​mail to Emily and Patrick with a crapload of questions. The e-​mail was sent at 5:24 a.m. I got a response from Patrick at 8:23 a.m. with an answer to all 5 sections of my essay.
I’ve now had my Bokashi bin for about a month and I can’t recommend buying a Bokashi bin from ANYWHERE else — unless of course it’s the same Microbial Earth Farms bin and you decide to pick it up at any Farmer’s Market in Austin.
When you purchase the bin — you also get coupons for free bags of the Bokashi bran which you add to any of your kitchen food scraps. I also recommend getting an additional pail with the GAMMA seal lids OR you can get a nice stainless steel kitchen counter top container to put scraps in as you go before opening and adding to the Bokashi bin.
Also, because Austin is Austin — the City will reimburse you $ 75 should you decide to choose to compost and buy the bin. Below are the requirements for the Green30 Challenge:
1 — Buy a Bokashi or similar composting bin
2 — Take an online course on composting or attend a seminar.
3 — Downgrade from the 90 gallon trash container to the 30 gallon green ones you may have seen around Austin.
More info is available here:
And, as Tara mentioned, the Compost Tea is fantastic for plants. It’s recommended you drain it every 2 or so days and dilute it then spray or water your plants and vegetables with it. My okra looks like it was touched by the Green Giant.
Seriously, this is a win-​win situation and I have both Microbial Earth to thank and the awesome Unilocalers who pointed me in that direction!

I discovered Microbial Earth at the HOPE Farmers Market last year and am very impressed with their products. They produce all their products in-​house so that they can guarantee quality and are constantly researching ways to put more microbes into the soil.
Microbial Earth is THE place to go for all your organic and sustainable garden and household products!
Their Efficient Microbes and Bokashi are not only great for accelerating compost and perfect for potting soil but do double duty as a household cleaning aid. You can use these beneficial microbes to reduce odors in sink garbage disposal and kitty litter boxes, trash cans, carpet and it also deters fleas and ticks as well as clean your toilet.
They sale humified compost, teas and organic fish emulsion plus do it your self bin systems as well as their professional services in case you want to pay them to do the dirty work.
I have their ME Bokashi Bin and love it. It uses the anaerobic fermentation system which preps my kitchen scrapes for burial in less than half the time as conventional composting with 0 odors. Just 2 weeks to ferment and another 2 weeks after mixed with soil and I had nutritious plant food for my veggies!