On a hot day a banana peel will disintegrate midair on a trip to the compost heap (or to a ditch… It’s shocking that a person who would choose a banana could be the same litterbug launching garbage from the backseat of a Honda). A banana needs almost no time. What about the recalcitrant eggshell? … Continue reading
Category Archives: Coffee Grounds in the garden
The Best Kind of Peaches
What are the best kind of peaches? Imagine a tree full of them just outside your front door. They are nearly ripe, and when you finally get them off the tree to taste, they are best pieces of fruit you ever ate. Now lucky for me, the Anzac Peach tree was in its fourth year this … Continue reading
The Amazing Opportunitites in Coffee Pulp Recycling
Photos taken by Zach Latimore on Finca Idealista Farm, Matagalpa, Nicaragua For most people, coffee grounds represent the “end” of the coffee process. Everything that has happened to those beans since they were picked from the tree has been done with the end goal of roasting them, grinding them, and then brewing coffee with them. … Continue reading
Why your Summer is incomplete without figs
There is something of a tradition at my place now with freshly picked figs being scoffed in the backyard from the middle of summer. By mid January the fruit darkens a purple stain through the green skin. And there is the matter is getting to them before the birds, which according to my chickens (who … Continue reading
A triple shot return to work!!
Did I need another reason to get back into the office after a 3,000 km family road trip? Well a container full of used coffee grounds just sealed the deal 😄 Continue reading
Can coffee grounds protect my bonsai?
I recently went to a workshop on field-growing pre-bonsai (in order to fatten up the trunks quicker). And by quicker I mean that you get the desired effect in 3-4 years instead of 8-10 years. All good things come to those who wait, eh. I haven’t been using all my veggie beds, so I decided … Continue reading
The Joy of Springtime in the Garden
There are many joys waiting in the Spring garden. The most important one for me is sitting on a log watching it all go by. There is Zen somewhere between chickens scratching at the ground and the hum of a city carried by the wind. Nectar feeding birds fight for the highest branches of the Banksia tree, while … Continue reading
