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
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Potatoes and Coffee Grounds
Coffee Grounds for the Potato This is an update to an earlier post about some of the things I am doing with growing potatoes in car tires, with a coffee compost blend. In the month and half since then, there has been considerable growth of the potato plants. Under the grass clippings is a mixture … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Coffee Grounds in the Garden
Coffee Grounds used for Gardening We are heading into Summer time now in Australia, and I wanted to show you an update of my garden and some of the things that are growing. It is great to come out to the garden and see the quality of the soil, most of which has been improved … Continue reading
Coffee Grounds Collecting at the Office – Communicating the Initiative
Collecting Coffee Grounds – Communications Continuing on now to part two of how to start Collecting Coffee Grounds from the Office with work colleagues. The following are a series of communications that will come in handy. All of them have been field tested and the response has been great. Where you see these markers [LOCATION] … Continue reading
How to Create New Earth with Food Scraps and Coffee Grounds
I speak to people about coffee grounds for their plants often. Maybe too often. Maybe in every conversation…. Let me think about that and I may even be able to write a happy Spring time poem for it. Oops, too late. Roses are Red Violets are Blue but treat them with coffee and changes their … Continue reading
Coffee Grounds Collecting at the Office – Getting Started
Collecting coffee grounds from the office This is going to be useful for all of you that work people, sit in meetings all day, and do all that collaborating. I’m lucky that no one has come up to my desk to yell ‘You have 2 minutes to innovate dammit!’, although I have at times come … Continue reading
