Soils are on the alkaline side at Willow Witt Ranch, so we cultured the biochar we made with bokashi - a lactic acid bacteria fermentation. This reduced the pH of the biochar from about 8 to about 6. Next stop for this bokashi-biochar after 3 weeks of fermentation will be the floor of the goat barn where it will soak up goat excretions, reducing odors and preventing the loss of valuable nitrogen. Barn sweepings then end up in the big compost pile for eventual application to the veggie garden.
Thank you to
Southern Oregon Bokashi for donating bokashi bran for this project!
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| Barrels of biochar fermenting with bokashi |
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| The recipe |
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| You can see white fuzz on the top of this fermented biochar - it is a beneficial soil bacteria called actinomycetes |
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