Leafmold is a wonderful material and this is not the first time in covering it on the site. This is a series of photos that show just how easy it can be to produce leafmold fit for the garden. So here is all what you need to make it: A big black plastic bag of … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Coffee Grounds in the garden
About Quail – Coffee Grounds Dust Bath
I had one of the best experiences with the quail today, and had to get it on video. These quail are being introduced to a 80/20 mix of aged used coffee grounds with triple washed sand. This is not the first post of mine to mention how quail love a dust bath, but they never … Continue reading »
Growing Avocados from Seed
Growing your own avocados directly from the seed is something any gardener can try out. Here is how to do it. Continue reading »
Coffee Grounds Are Buried Treasure!
Arr me hearties – there be treasure here! A stash of coffee de grounds, lost in time. Arr! No time to take a caulk with plunder for grabs. Take ye belaying stick and pries it free. Now point ye black jack to bumboo hogshead, drinking till ye grog blossom returns. I’m sure it means something … Continue reading »
Coffee Compost – Summer’s Batch
Get the soil right and gardening becomes so much more fun than it needs to be… Following my previous recipe for coffee compost, this is the end result – a rich and potent fertilizer that is protecting established Summer plants, and will continue on to nurture next Winter’s crop. Continue reading »
Diversity of Insects within a Healthy Garden
It is a great time of the year for being outdoors; a huge variety of insects and other life in all shapes and sizes, colours, functions. They are everywhere all the time, are they are marvellously diverse. Maybe it is all the coffee in the ground that has caused all this activity? Maybe it was … Continue reading »
From Coffee Grounds To Lawn Fertilizer
Lawn Fertilizer can be made cheaply and easily from used coffee grounds. Continue reading »
Japanese (Coturnix) Quail Dust Bath
This is hopefully the first of many articles about my Japanese Quail. They are delightful little creatures, curious, friendly, individual, and wary of strangers. They are smarter than what I was expecting, and have charmed their way into our family as the egg supply, not as the meat supply! So here in this video we have … Continue reading »
Ladybugs Eat Aphids
I was admiring one of my apple trees, as you do. The flowers, a little apple (this tree’s first!), the leaves, the ladybug. One of the more frustrating things I have found in the garden has been the absence of ladybugs. But no longer. The Ladybug But wait… what’s up here then? Quick aphids run! … Continue reading »
