Everything about used coffee grounds for compost and fertilizer
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Types of Coffee Maker
The art of coffee making can take years to perfect. Having the right equipment is the best first step, so let’s go through the options. Standard Coffee Maker These use a powered pump and push the necessary amount of water for espresso through a thermo block. This turns water temperature up and pushes it through…
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Make Money from Coffee Grounds: 5 Ideas That Actually Work
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…
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Garden Marvels: Unveiling the Spectacular World of Insects and Their Ecological Role
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…
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The Pros and Cons of Drinking Coffee
Do you find it hard to function first thing in the morning without a cup of coffee? Do you find yourself constantly drinking cups throughout the day, especially at lunchtime and on your breaks? You may not think that you are doing any harm, but research has shown that in certain cases there may be…
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Companion Planting – Natural Pest Control and Fertilization
Anyone who has studied Biology knows that nature takes care of itself (mostly!). Sunflowers grow and flourish in fields without a helping human hand, while blueberries can spread their vines across the ground offering up a bounty of fruit. Companion planting is a gardening method that harnesses nature’s own means of fertilization and pest control.…
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Coffee Grounds Lawn Fertilizer: The Organic Approach
Coffee grounds are an effective and organic lawn fertilizer, providing essential nutrients gradually while supporting soil health. Unlike synthetic fertilizers, which can harm lawns if misapplied, coffee grounds promote beneficial microbial activity and earthworm growth. Collecting used grounds from local coffee shops can support sustainable lawn care practices while reducing waste.
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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…
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Tips for Growing a Coffee Plant in Your Own Botanical Conservatory
Do you know what a coffee plant looks like? If you don’t, you aren’t alone – although coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world, few people can identify the plant that it comes from. This was my initial inspiration for growing a coffee plant in my botanical conservatory – I wanted…
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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…
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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…
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Natural Fungicides For Your Garden
What’s to do when your plants, well nurtured with composting and organic fertilizer, are ravaged by mildew or other insidious fungi? Do you break open the chemical based fungicide and lay to waste your plans for an organic garden? For many, chemical fungicides are not an option since manufactured fungicides are sulfur based and largely…