See why straw bale gardening is a unique way to make growing vegetables much easier, making the backbreaking, insect-fighting, weed-pulling process a thing of the past. Continue reading »
Tag Archives: Fertilizer
Biochar video
Just picked up a copy of ‘The Biochar Revolution’ from my friends at Earth Garden, and wanted to share at interesting video on the same topic. And keep in mind that spent coffee grounds be used for biochar too 
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Collecting Coffee Grounds Down at the Farm
How the Collingwood Children’s Farm and Collecting and Composting their used coffee grounds. Continue reading »
Spent Coffee Grounds as Lettuce Fertilizer
Spent coffee grounds are good for growing lettuce, according to the following academic expert research. Continue reading »
Fertilizing Your Garden with Fish
Fertilizers have come a long way since the beginning of agriculture. Much of what we are putting in our soil nowadays is a combination of synthetic compounds and chemicals. Fish fertilizers offer an organic solution for effectively providing nutrients to the soil naturally. The thought of fish fertilizer has some of us gardeners plugging our … Continue reading »
Coffee Grounds Fertilize Tomatoes!!
Fertilize your tomato plants with used coffee grounds and you will see excellent results. Healthy tomato plants and reducing waste at the same time! Continue reading »
How Pumpkins Grow with Coffee
Pumpkins Growing in Coffee Compost Pumpkin might be the most successful crop to ever grow in my garden. At times I carried out some self pollination, only because there did not seem to be enough bees around, and these clumsy hands broke off too many of the male flowers in the attempt than I care … Continue reading »
Collecting Used Coffee Grounds (UCG)
Gardeners that Collect Used Coffee Grounds It is great to see what is happening in the gardens of those dedicated individuals that collect coffee grounds for compost and fertilizer. Amalie is one of the Ground to Ground volunteers in Melbourne, and I had a chance to ask her about gardening with the use of coffee … Continue reading »
Cafe Recycling Coffee Grounds – Jamaica Blue
Very pleased to report that the Jamaica Blue at Westfield Doncaster is happily giving out their used coffee grounds. I haven’t been to see them myself, and this news was passed on by a fellow Grounder. I’ll post some pictures of the Jamaica Blue guys as soon as I get the chance to get around … Continue reading »
