EM Mud Balls and Greater Crested Newts

The tiny pond in my garden, not much bigger than a large dinner plate, has been erupting like a volcano for days now. Eyes keep appearing on the surface as do handfuls of Frogspawn. It seems to be manic under the surface. I can even see the activity from upstairs windows! We have seen more [...]

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Composting Leaves With EM

Here at The Recycle Works we often get asked about composting leaves and garden shreddings with EM -Effective Micro-organisms. So while cutting the hedges last summer, I thought I would compost them with EM and put the results on the blog. First thing to do, was to find a suitable ‘container’, similar to one of [...]

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Recycle Works Radio Goes Live!

We’ve done it! Our first ever internet radio broadcast has been recorded and you can listen to it here. If you’re interested in EMs (Effective Microrganisms) then listen to Debbie interviewing our resident Bokashi expert, Simon Brockholes on exactly what are EM’s, how they can be used, bokashi composting and sources of information if you’d [...]

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The benefits of using EM (Effective Microorganisms) when you have a house full of puppies!

Most folk would probably apply liberal applications of disinfectant and anti-bacterial sprays …. but not in this house …. it is an EM house and as such is cleaned using EM to ensure it is populated with the beneficial microbes.

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EM – An Interesting Video To Watch!

Simon came across this extremely interesting video on Google and we both think that you’ll find it interesting viewing as it really does exemplify how wonderful EM’s are for everyday uses. I’ve already posted as to how I use the Probiotic Cleaners at home now, not only because they do such a great job but [...]

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What Can I Put in My Bokashi Composter?

We often get asked by our customers exactly what can and cannot be put into their kitchen Bokashi Bins. With a Bokashi Composter you can compost food and vegetable scraps in the kitchen, without the fear of smells by using EM’s – Effective Microrganisms! Every time you have scraps to throw, be it meat fish [...]

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Using Bokashi compost

I thought you might be interested to see these photos! These two sweetcorn plants were germinated from the same packet and under the some conditions, however they were then ‘potted on’ into identical pots using the same compost at the end of June – but one of them had some bokashi added from my bokashi [...]

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Pedigree Cats Wholeheartedly Approve of EM Probiotic Cleaner!

We received this via an email from one of our customers and thought it created a lovely picture of some very happy cats! “I have several pedigree cats who sleep in a cathouse in the garden.  About a year ago I fell and broke my wrist & twisted my back.  I’d always cleaned the cathouse [...]

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Citrus Cleaner – Result!

I promised that I’d report back on how I got on with the Probiotic Citrus Cleaner that Sylvia very kindly gave me to try last week. I took it home and explained to Mark what it was, how wonderful it would be for our septic tank and how it would help look after the environment and the response I got was an unbelieving stare!

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Growing vegetables with EM and Bokashi

Using EM in the veg garden. Now that summer has arrived its been a busy time planting out the veg and this year I am going to see how well they do if I use EM in the veg plot. Earlier in the year, once I had added the contents of the compost bins, along [...]

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