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Garden Gate:  Coffee Grounds for the Garden  |
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Bella
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Karen
USA
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 Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 12:12:03 PM
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Has anyone used coffee grounds on their vegetable garden? I just read an article that says the grounds enrich the soil and keep moisture in the soil around the plants. They can also be sprinkled around plants to control pests such as snails, slugs, and ants. With all the discussions lately about favorite coffee and K-cups, I thought I would start recycling my K-cups. That got me to thinking that there must surely be a use for old coffee grounds. I've been dumping leaves and vegetable peelings onto my garden plot and am now adding in the coffee grounds.
"Just living is not enough, said the butterfly. One must have freedom, sunshine and a little flower." -Hans Christian Anderson |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 12:39:13 PM
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Hi Bella, yes, I put the coffee grounds in my compost bin. After the stuff in broken down enough, I put it right into the garden. I can't put the stuff right into the garden because my outside cats will have themselves a field day with it. LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 3:06:20 PM
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I have a big cold frame that the chickens have been mulching up for me. I throw all my scraps and coffee grounds in there and they tear it all up for me. It's all rich black soil now. It's good stuff.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 12:21:27 PM
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I have been using coffee grounds as well as banana peels & crushed egg shells around my roses for almost 10 years.... a great way to organiclly give nutrients to the roses.... I also dump my coffee grounds in my compost as well as sprinkle around plants in my garden.
My hubby works in a small 4 man office so he has the guys dump the coffee grounds from their coffee pot into a large contain which he brings home at the end of the week... In the summer i hit up Starbucks and some of our other local coffee estb. and they give me their daily grounds... I call our Starbucks in the morning so they know I am coming and they have it ready for me when I come by later in the afternon for my late day Java fix! lol!
We have a lot of little drive-thru 'coffee huts' out here and there are 2 that, if you bring a 5gal bucket.... they will fill it up and then when it is full they put it outside... there are several of us who do that,,, we have our names on our buckets....so we know whose is whose... one of the perks of living in a very small town.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 12:24:01 PM
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hey Kristin,,,, fyi... karen aka kpaints is having me save her lavender for her chicks to scratch at... infact I have a bag full (left over from last year) in my Jeep,,now to just plan a playdate w/karen to give the lavender to her.
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Happiness is being a katmom.
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soapmommy60543
True Blue Farmgirl
2197 Posts
Ann
Oswego
IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 12:29:48 PM
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My coffee goes straight into the compost - filter and all...
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 07:06:15 AM
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And the local coffee shop put them out back for any one to take. I had 6 - 5 gallon buckets full including filters. Even Starbucks puts them out for anyone to take. All you have to do is ask and since we have a huge garden and it needs a lot of loving I'm grabbing up whatever I can find.
Laurie
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MrsRooster
True Blue Farmgirl
1168 Posts
Amy
Seabrook
TX
USA
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 2:15:18 PM
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Coffee grounds and egg shells grow BEAUTIFUL roses
Diana
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Mar 15 2012 : 3:02:50 PM
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You bet! Filter and all go in the compost pile and tea bags too. I know acid loving plants love coffee grounds and you'd probably need to be careful if that was all you were putting in as compost but you should be good to go with grounds along with your peelings and leaves.
Audrey
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Bella
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Karen
USA
274 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2012 : 5:55:38 PM
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Thanks all! My husband turned over the garden today and will work it again later, so I'll be adding in more of the peelings, egg shells and coffee grounds before he has a second go at it. Audrey, your Hobbs must have been a sweet boy. I know you miss him. Cairn terriers are so cute.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Bella
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Karen
USA
274 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2012 : 6:33:34 PM
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Oops! Thanks Katmom. I'll be sure to do that.
"Just living is not enough, said the butterfly. One must have freedom, sunshine and a little flower." -Hans Christian Anderson |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2012 : 11:58:55 PM
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One of those countertop composters is on my wishlist, too, Amy.
Glad to know that's where to put my coffee grounds, thanks.
Marianne |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
975 Posts
Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
975 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2012 : 05:38:42 AM
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Can you use flavored coffee? My husband will sometimes drink hazelnut flavored coffee. I haven't added to the compost because I wasn't sure if I could...
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
Little Henhouse on the Island
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Peg Graham
True Blue Farmgirl
281 Posts
Peg
Chesapeake
Virginia
USA
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