So many blogs to write…so little time!
I saw this an ad in Natural Home magazine by Peace Coffee. They are a sustainable, socially conscious, fair-trade coffee company. Go to their website and check them out. Peace Coffee offers these tips on what to do with leftover coffee grounds, which is something we have an abundant supply of in this house!
- Sprinkle used grounds around plants before rain or watering for slow-release nitrogen.
- Add to compost piles to increase the nitrogen balance. Coffee filters and tea bags break down rapidly during composting.
- To make a gentle, fast-acting liquid fertilizer, dilute a half pound of wet coffee grounds with five gallons of water.
- Mix into soil for household plants or vegetables.
- Encircle the base of plants with a coffee and eggshell barrier to repel pests.
- If you are into vermiposting, feed a little bit to your worms.
Thank you, Peace Coffee, for reminding us that there is a nutritive value to the grounds we through out. Pop them in the garden, instead! Wouldn’t life be wonderful if our gardens smelled like coffee??? Yes, I know it doesn’t actually work that way…the smell disipates quickly. But I can dream, can’t I? And in the spirit of true confessions, in our active homeschooling years, we did keep a worm composting farm. It was fun. Honest. For awhile. haven’t seen too many worms aroun d here lately, for which I’m grateful!
