Does your garden need a hit of used coffee grounds? This is the where you want to look first. And if you have some coffee to give out, let us know. Continue reading »
Category Archives: Ground to Ground
How to make Money from Used Coffee Grounds – Part 1
Drink your coffee and make money too? There seems to be a mental process by which enterprising individuals come across the good old ‘used coffee grounds goldmine question’… “How is it that we generate millions of tonnes of used coffee grounds a year that go to landfill, and no one is trying to make money … Continue reading »
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 49,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 18 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading »
Thank you for collecting used coffee grounds in 2011
To my friend, I wanted to write a quick thank you note for your support this year with the Ground to Ground initiative. Shared between us all during 2011, we have saved many tonnes of used coffee grounds from going to landfill. And it has been a very good year! All over the world, in … Continue reading »
Ground to Ground on Earth Garden Magazine!
What a great way to finish off 2011 – with a Ground to Ground article on the well respected Earth Garden magazine (Summer, No 158). Among the many other excellent articles, I discuss why collecting coffee grounds is a good thing to be doing, what you can do with them, and why you should join … Continue reading »
How To: Build a Compost Bin
Making your own compost is a must-do for the enterprising gardener. When it comes to getting bulky, organic material that’ll benefit your growing world, whether on expansive or modest plots, creating your own mulch is the way to go. Easy to do, costs nothing, environmentally friendly and hugely beneficial to your garden, there are plenty … Continue reading »
Comet Coffee Goes Ground to Ground!
Comet Coffee operate up at Mackay in Queensland, and are making very good use of their spent coffee grounds – They really want to give back to their community. Jane Turner is the owner of Comet Coffee, and approached me some time ago to get involved in this as one of their many environmental activities. Thank you … Continue reading »
Ground to Ground – Cool Kids Day 2011
Great news to report, with Ground to Ground taking part in the recent Closed Loop Cool Kids Day 2011. This was an opportunity to spend time with the general community discussing some of the things that I’m doing with coffee grounds, worm farms, and worm team. We arrived to see a huge sign with the … Continue reading »
Coffee Shop Posters
A Used Coffee Grounds approach to the fine art of Cafe Posters I find it weird sometimes to be on the computer so often, when all I really want to do is be outside amongst the dirt and bugs. What the computer allows for is creativity in a limitless digital space, in some ways more … Continue reading »
