Everything about used coffee grounds for compost and fertilizer
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Coffee Grounds and the Western Queens Compost Initiative
Collecting Coffee Grounds for Recycling Not so long ago, I received an email from Stephanos Koullias from the Western Queens Compost Initiative (WQCI). I had meant to write a summary about the good work these guys are doing, then had another look at that email and realised I could not do it as well as…
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Using Ground Coffee as Nitrogen Fertilizer: Benefits and Applications
There is an almost limitless amount of used ground coffee available to use as a fertilizer. Let’s look at the NPK analysis of coffee grounds and what that means for you garden.
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I Think Of Us As Wheat
Tall under the Sun all stalks bend against the wind each one more or less
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Harvesting Monster Garlic: Tips for Home Gardeners
This passionate gardener is fed up with the poor quality garlic from supermarkets and takes matters into their own hands. They share their success in growing garlic at home, highlighting the benefits of using coffee grounds and compost. The enthusiasm for homegrown garlic is evident in their detailed process and excitement about the results.
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Coffee Grinds in the Garden
Coffee Grinds for Plants and the Garden I’m often asked about using coffee grinds in the garden, and on plants which in some cases, are special to their owners. It is worth remembering that using grinds in the garden is one of those old world remedies, and it is disappearing from common use. There is…
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Maximizing Potato Growth with Coffee Grounds
One update on growing potatoes in car tires with a coffee compost blend shows promising results. The mixture of coffee compost and leafmold has led to considerable growth in potato plants. The quality of the soil is producing healthy and productive plants. Growing potatoes is easy for home gardeners, just do some research beforehand!
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One Day I Will, But Not Today
I should have stopped by well before these drifts of snow before the drift of faded leaves before the sun and heat baked those green bricks I should have stopped by when laughter warmed this home your husband’s bellow seeping through the cracks as deep and long as the harbour master’s horn but it is…
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Ground Coffee Wants to Become Coffee Compost
Helping to Make Coffee Compost I drink about 3 coffees a day, sometimes from an espresso machine and instant if there is nothing else around. Imagine my surprise when I saw a genuine coffee machine in my Swissotel hotel room during a recent trip to Sydney. Just the thing to keep me going in a…
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Coffee Grounds
Ground Coffee from the Office In a previous post about how AXA man Jonathan Mackley was collecting coffee grounds for gardening, time for an update. As part of the series in finding out more about the good people that collect coffee grounds, AKA – Coffee Grounders, we are going to have a quick look at…
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Coffee Grounds for Compost
Three Easy Steps to Use Coffee Grounds for Compost Just about anyone that has a coffee machine at home can make compost. Here are some pictures of the coffee and compost bin of a real life Grounder, Rhiannon. This is the plastic bin where all those coffee cakes are collected. Rhiannon likes to add some…
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Coffee Grounds in the Garden
If you think coffee is just for waking up, think again! This garden hero has transformed sandy wasteland into a lush paradise, nurturing everything from potato saviors to ninja nasturtiums battling pests. With a pinch of grounds, veggies thrive like they’ve hit the caffeine jackpot. Go on, garden enthusiasts—grounds for celebration!
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Meet the Grounders – Coffee that is!
Dictionary Definitions for a Grounder There are some great people out at the Lonely Planet offices in Melbourne that have been collecting coffee grounds for some time, and this was from where I first came across the term ‘Grounder’. It might not be appearing in the Oxford Concise Dictionary just yet, but you never know…