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🎃 From Pumpkin Guts to Garden Gold: How to Have a Spookily Sustainable Halloween
Every Halloween, the UK bins over 18,000 tonnes of pumpkins – enough to fill 1,500 double-deckers! 🎃 Instead of letting your jack-o’-lanterns rot in landfill, turn those spooky leftovers into garden gold with Bokashi composting. Discover how Agriton’s microbes can help you cut waste, feed your soil, and make this Halloween truly spook-tacularly sustainable. 🌱👻
🌱 Supporting Compost Innovation in Cornwall
Across Cornwall, growers are proving that compost can do more than feed the soil — it can also suppress weeds. In new trials supported by Agriton UK, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Prideaux Walled Garden are using bokashi fermentation and microbial composting to control oxalis and bindweed while building long-term soil health.
How to Brew Your Own 60L EM-1 Mix This Autumn
Autumn is the perfect time to brew fresh EM-A for soil health and composting. Follow our simple 60L brewing guide using EM-1 and molasses to keep your microbes happy all winter.
Wanted: Dead or Alive — How Microbes Keep Carbon in the Ground
When it comes to carbon, microbes are the true heroes of the soil — wanted dead or alive.
Alive, they build living systems through photosynthesis and root interactions. Dead, they become stable organic matter that locks carbon underground for centuries.
Through Bokashi fermentation, we can accelerate this natural process — feeding the soil, improving fertility, and helping the planet store more carbon where it belongs.
More Than Apples: 5 Unexpected Lessons from a Volunteer-Run City Orchard (Bristol)
A Bristol orchard waited 12 years for its first cherry-plum bonanza—and in the meantime grew something richer: community. From Bokashi-fermenting apple pomace to wool mulches and self-governing teams, here are five copy-ready ideas any city project can use.
5 Surprising Truths About Waste, Community, and a Cauldron of Compost.
What if your food scraps weren’t waste, but the start of a story? 🌱
Across the UK, communities like Hay Regenerative Soil CIC are proving that leftovers can become living soil — and a catalyst for real change. Their journey shows that regeneration isn’t about technology or scale; it’s about people, storytelling, and connection.
How to Improve Your Gut Health Naturally This Autumn
This autumn, give your gut the care it deserves. From fibre-rich seasonal foods to probiotic drinks and stress relief, discover natural ways to boost digestion, immunity, and well-being — all while supporting Organic September and sustainable living.
What is the German-Inspired Flächenrotte (Surface Decomposition) Process in Gardening?
Flächenrotte, or surface decomposition, is a German-inspired method that gardeners and allotment growers are now adopting to improve soil health. By chopping green material, adding beneficial microbes like EM, and lightly mixing it into the topsoil, this process quickly turns fresh plant matter into humus without bad smells or pest problems. In just a few weeks, it creates crumbly, fertile soil that supports stronger, healthier plants.
Ditch Rust & Save Big — Actiferm EM: Natural, Powerful, UK-Smart
Tired of battling rust with harsh chemicals? Actiferm EM offers a safe, eco-friendly alternative. Simply submerge your rusty tools or metal parts, let the microbes get to work, and enjoy cleaner, longer-lasting results — naturally.
How to Care for Japanese Maples: The Agriton Acer Care Kit
Bring out the best in your Japanese maple with Agriton’s Acer Care Kit. Whether you’re planting a young 3 L pot, growing on in a 5 L container, or establishing a 10 L garden tree, our natural soil conditioners and Actiferm microbial support give your Acer the strong roots, vibrant leaves, and resilience it needs to shine year after year.