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shanegenziuk
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Everything about used coffee grounds for compost and fertilizer

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  • How Big?

    Life spun silent a sum of moments held in the dim of stars Inspired by the prompt ‘Big‘ on Sunday Scribblings.  

  • Fly You Fools

    Tantalize the form to be you brief life haunting dainty summer seed Inspired by the words ‘Dainty, Haunting, Tantalize‘ on Three Word Wednesday.  

  • Have Your Latte and Compost it too! on 40 Mums Club

    Yet another opportunity to reach out about the wonders of used coffee grounds with a guest post of mine ‘Have Your Latte and Compost it too’, on 40 Mums Club. Star of the show is a big home grown tomato, that was later enjoyed with some fava beans and a nice chianti (edit 12/2 –…

  • We are as mad as hell…

    Ice cream puddles spread over the kitchen floor food rebels against fridge Inspired by the prompt ‘Cold‘.

  • This Way to Reach You

    This path to your heart blown clean by Spring’s song. Sweep those Autumn leaves  

  • Clip Clop

    Narrow street cobbled path he walks alone a figure of shadows past whispers fleeting glances closing windows smouldered lamps the clip clop of his steps louder than the midnight bells and the hessian sack dragged over blue granite juiced with blood records a red stain in its wake leading back to a terrace with the…

  • The Old Tick and Flick Trick

    You left me a note mentioned a natural affinity to smoke during the early hours blowing rings around the moon left to fidget with impossible dreams spitting across the bricks some on the fence soon to be dried under a summer sun Birds break the silence as stars fade from the east bugs make the…

  • Ask no questions…

    Pieces of us were left behind Heart’s crib swings bare  

  • Effect of Used Coffee Grounds on Mosquitoes

    The Yellow Fever Mosquito Looses to Coffee Grounds I came across an interesting study into the effect of used coffee grounds on the Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae), otherwise known as the Yellow Fever Mosquito. The authors suggest of used coffee grounds (UCG): …the results obtained herein reinforces the validity of considering used coffee ground…

  • How to Grow Amazing Roses with Coffee Grounds on Sustainablog

    Rose fertilizer is available cheaply with used coffee grounds!

  • The Top 5 Uses for Spent Coffee Grounds on Make the List

    I’ve recently had an article posted on an interesting website that makes a list of everything!  – Make the list. The article looks at the top 5 uses for spent coffee grounds in the garden, which is as a fertilizer, for composting, as a natural pest repellent, an earthworm attractor, and as a general soil…

  • Composting with Coffee Grounds – Video

    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…