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 »
Hi all – This guest post is brought to us by Amy, and the topic is all about coffee grounds for the garden. Enjoy – Shane. An Opportunity Awaits! Millions of pots of coffee and tea are brewed everyday. And where do the tons of coffee grounds and tea bags go? They go into the … Continue reading »
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 »
I would hazard a guess that most garden people that grow their own food find reaping what they sow to be the most satisfying part of the growing. That and collecting coffee grounds for compost and fertilizer (as if there would be a post of mine without that stated up-front!) Below is what a Jerusalem … Continue reading »
Coffee Grounds and Insects I just had to share this picture of a little garden friend of mine. It is just that I don’t know his name, and wouldn’t know how to ask. My garden is in good health, productive, and free of commercial pesticides. So much so that I had a good look around … Continue reading »
Rose fertilizer is available cheaply with used coffee grounds! Continue reading »
Coffee Grounds Help With Composting Another opportunity to record some of the things I’ve been doing with composting coffee grounds over the Australian Summer. By mixing coffee grounds, lawn clippings, kitchen scraps, rainwater, leaves, cardboard and shredded paper, I am achieving compost temperatures in the range of 65 Celsius (150 Fahrenheit). At those temperatures I … Continue reading »
You won’t notice the little things right away. It takes time to slow down, block out the world, focus on what is right ahead. There are little silent hunters all around! Take this little Lavender bud spider, putting out his welcoming webs for bees and other flying things. There were about a dozen or more … Continue reading »
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 »
