Well, my first bokashi batch was not a success. Everything I read says that it should not smell bad, and this was not good. It has the smell of rotting meat. I would guess that my error was not putting enough bokashi bran in with the meat. This batch will go out to augment my animal manure pile. I would suggest starting with smaller batches, so that you don't have 5 gallons of ick on your first try.
I did start a much smaller batch in a plastic food storage tub, and it smells like it should. I did add some meat scraps to this one, but covered it well with the bokashi bran. I have opened it and it smells like vinegar. Since my soil is frozen and it is currently in the minuses, I am going to try mixing this small batch with some potting soil that needs to be revived. I will share my results.
