Ground Coffee Delivers! Time for an update into the Ground to Ground initiative at the CBW complex in Melbourne. To the end of December, we have 40 volunteers signed up for collecting coffee grounds, which are generated by the on-site espresso machines and cafes that occupy the retail space. Each week we are collecting between … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Cafes Recycling Coffee Grounds – Nashi
Collecting Coffee Grounds from Cafes This post is dedicated to the Nashi coffee shop located in Goldsbrough Lane, Melbourne. Nashi are one of the cafes involved in the Ground to Ground initiative, which aims to make better use of spent coffee grounds. It is a real pleasure to get a positive reaction from cafes when … Continue reading »
You Consumed Me
Your love of me like fire sucked up all the air left behind a pile of ash crusted over with skin and fat my charred boots all that remain facing the direction I was running to out of your life but too late Inspired by the prompt ‘Fire‘. Continue reading »
A Duty Points to Here
That way leads to a home wood and bricks kept warm by fire stoked by a woman expecting me her belly swollen with our second the first sleeping in his crib I hope he sees me in a child’s dream as tall and strong and sure laughing off the sleet and snow My wife will … Continue reading »
Cafes Recycling Coffee Grounds – Little Cupcakes
Collecting Coffee Grounds – Little Cupcakes This post is dedicated to the Little Cupcakes coffee shop located in Goldsbrough Lane, Melbourne. This cafe is one of the participants in the Ground to Ground initiative, which aims to make better use of spent coffee grounds. As the name suggests, Little cupcakes make… cupcakes that happen to … Continue reading »
Coffee Grounds and the Western Queens Compost Initiative
Collecting Coffee Grounds for Recycling Not so long ago, I received an email from Stephanos Koullias from the Western Queens Compost Initiative (WQCI). I had meant to write a summary about the good work these guys are doing, then had another look at that email and realised I could not do it as well as … Continue reading »
Ground Coffee as Fertilizer
There is an almost limitless amount of used ground coffee available to use as a fertilizer. Let’s look at the NPK analysis of coffee grounds and what that means for you garden. Continue reading »
I Think Of Us As Wheat
Tall under the Sun all stalks bend against the wind each one more or less Continue reading »
Garlic and Coffee Grounds
There always seems to be a shortage of garlic at my house. Either we use it all, or use none and those little green shoots start coming out of the cloves. Sometimes they are not good to start with, and smell like they have been sitting in water. Then there is the issue about garlic … Continue reading »
