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30/10/2026

30/10/2026

Look what we spotted at a National Trust site!

Great to see this approach being put into practice.

Have you tried it in your own garden?

29/10/2026

🌱 Four weeks of bokashi composting—take a look at the progress! 👀♻️

Curious about bokashi and how it could fit into your composting routine? Watch the video and discover a different way to put organic leftovers to work.

Find out more events discover-bokashi-composting 22/11/26

Would you try bokashi at home, at school or in your community garden? 👇

SoilHealth SustainableGardening Agriton

21/10/2026

🌱 Activated EM-1 for crops and compost: what does the research show?

We’re welcoming Joseph Barrington, founder of , to the Agriton blog for a closer look at the research behind effective microorganisms—and their potential uses for growers and gardeners.

Drawing on 13 peer-reviewed studies, Joseph explores:

🌿 Crop growth and yield — findings from trials on tomatoes, beans, lettuce and other crops, with context on the treatments and growing conditions.

🍅 Crop quality — what researchers found when looking at photosynthesis, nutrient uptake and fruit quality.

♻️ Composting and bokashi — how EM has been studied alongside organic materials, including its effects on decomposition and compost nutrients.

🔬 Putting research into practice — understanding the methods behind the results and what they could mean for your own growing or composting setup.

Results vary between crops, treatments and conditions, so the article looks beyond the headline figures to explain what each study actually found.

Read Joseph’s guest blog link in bio

24/09/2026

Your green waste could be feeding your soil. 🌱

Turn grass cuttings, leaves and plant trimmings into bokashi with these simple steps:
1. Chop and mix your green waste.
2. Add Actiferm evenly as you build the heap—use 2 litres per cubic metre of material.
3. Optional: add Aegir and Edasil.
4. Compact well to push out air, then cover and seal airtight.
5. Leave sealed for 14 weeks for best results. No turning needed.
6. Return to the soil, where the fermented material continues breaking down.

Thank you for letting me process this for you. Looking forward to the results in November at our training

18/09/2026

Your garden waste could be the start of something good 🌱

Grass cuttings, leaves and plant material—put them to work with a green waste Bokashi pile.

In this how-to video, we show you how to build, compact and cover your pile, ready for fermentation. No regular turning—just a different way to manage your green waste and return organic matter to the soil. ♻️

🌿 Save this video for your next garden clear-up.
💬 Have you tried Bokashi with garden waste? Share your experience or questions below!

SustainableGardening AllotmentLife AgritonUK

26/08/2026

New blog 🚨

Drought resilience doesn’t start when the rain stops.

It starts years before — in the soil.

Five years of research from Wageningen University & Research is showing why organic matter, soil biology, structure and locally recycled materials could become increasingly important for market gardens facing hotter, drier growing seasons.

This isn’t just about compost.

It’s about changing the question from:
"How much water can we apply?”
to:
“How much water can our soil actually hold and use?”

🌱 Build the soil
💧 Hold more value from every drop
♻️ Turn local organic material into a resource
🪱 Feed the biology beneath our feet

New blog: Build the Soil Before the Drought

👉 Link to news in bio

18/08/2026

Less turning. More people able to take part.

We recently visited ARK at Egwood CIC in Somerset to help introduce a no-turn Bokashi system for its garden and kitchen waste.

Instead of repeatedly turning heavy compost heaps, the material is layered, treated with beneficial microorganisms, compacted and covered. It can then ferment while the microbes get on with the work.

For a project using therapeutic horticulture to support its community, making composting more accessible really matters.

The result is a simple cycle: grow food, share it, ferment the scraps and return them to the soil.

Read the full story here: https://www.agriton.co.uk/news/no-turn-bokashi-composting-ark-egwood

13/08/2026

Two years ago, we sat down with composting expert Nicky Scott to talk about his work and why returning organic material to the soil matters.

Today feels like the perfect time to bring that conversation back.

The third edition of Nicky’s book, *How to Make and Use Compost*, is out now. It brings together decades of practical experience, covering cold composting, wormeries, hot boxes, bokashi, common problems and community composting.

It is not about insisting there is one “correct” system. It is about helping people find a method that works for their space and the materials they have.

We are especially pleased to see bokashi included as a practical way of managing food waste and returning its organic matter to the soil.

Watch our original interview, discover more about the book and help us congratulate Nicky on its launch:

https://www.agriton.co.uk/news/nicky-scott-how-to-make-and-use-compost

Congratulations, Nicky! 🌱

07/08/2026

What does “good compost” actually mean? 🌱🔬
It can look good.
It can smell good.
It can feel beautifully crumbly in your hands.

But what’s actually living in it?
That’s the question behind the Compost Championship – moving beyond how compost looks and smells and starting to understand its biology.
We’re sending samples away for microscopic analysis to look at the life within the compost, particularly the fungal and bacterial communities.
And importantly, the samples are submitted anonymously.

The laboratory doesn’t know whose compost it is or how it was made. Each sample is coded, so the results have to speak for themselves.

For this comparison we’re looking at three very different composting systems:

🌱 Three-pallet compost system
Around eight months old and regularly turned from the outside bays into the central bay.
🌱 Larger compost bays
Much greater volume, which means they can become hotter and, at times, a little more anaerobic and smelly.
🌱 The humble Dalek bin

Probably the system most familiar to home gardeners – filled, left to compost and then forked into another bin to introduce air and continue decomposition.
All three can produce compost that looks perfectly good.

But will they look the same under the microscope?
That’s where things start getting really interesting.
How does pile size affect biology?
Does turning increase microbial diversity?
What happens when a pile gets hotter?
What effect do periods of anaerobic conditions have?
Does an eight-month-old compost that looks finished actually contain the biology we want?

There’s no predetermined “winner” here.

The really exciting part is creating a biological baseline and beginning to connect composting methods with what is actually happening at a microscopic level.
Because ultimately compost isn't just decomposed organic matter.
It should be a living biological resource.
And the more we understand that biology, the better we can become at making compost that doesn't simply add organic matter – but actively contributes to a functioning soil ecosystem.
Now we wait for the microscope results… 🔬🌱