I love used coffee grounds and save them. As Tony the Tiger says, they areGREATin the garden. In fact I bet you didn’t know that I was a frequent stalker at Starbucks waiting for them to put their used grounds in the gardener bin pick-up? Unfortunately, I was competing against super...
How Used Coffee Grounds Could Make Some Food More Healthful
You may have noticed that some cafes now offer free spent coffee grounds for customers to take home and use in the garden. In theory, this is a great initiative but the reality is that fresh coffee grounds are high in caffeine, chlorogenic acid and tannins that are beneficial to humans b...
Coffee grounds can be a useful gardening tool, lending acidity to overly alkaline soils and providing useful nutrients for plants like roses. But there’s one more reason you might want to consider saving your old coffee for your garden: slugs and snails. Slugs and snails can be garden pests...
8.) Coffee Grounds to Get Rid of Garden Slugs Coffee grounds are great to use in your garden, in light of the fact that they can expand the sharpness of your soil (gainful for plants who like soil with an acidic pH, in the same way as roses), and they also help to keep slugs aw...
Use potato water as a frugal, simple fertilizer for your plants. If I don’t plan on using it in a recipe, I will usually let it cool down and pour it out on my garden plants as a little bit of plant food to help promote my plant’s growth. (Do not add salted potato water to...
These plants are completely non-toxic for cats, but they don’t like to be around them either. These plants are gorgeous additions to any garden, so it’s really a win-win for you. 2. Use Citrus Smells Cats typically dislike the smell of citrus. If you’re having trouble with cats ...
This cool program from Poland is putting coffee grounds to use on icy winter sidewalks — an eco-friendly concept that could benefit neighboring plants, your dog’s feet, and even city budgets. As long as the future’s coffee-centric, we’re all for it. Why not test this out on your ...
Although using mulch has many benefits, in some cases, its use can be detrimental to the garden: Do not over-mulch. Aim to apply a 2- to 3-inch–thick mulch layer. More than that amount will bury and suffocate plants; water and oxygen can’t reach the roots. ...
Spray the solution on your tomatoes and tomato plants. Line up the posts so that the fence, when attached, will fit down into the trench. Tip Coffee grounds around the plants act as fertilizer and discourage chipmunks. Vinegar-soaked rags hung around your tomatoes can also deter chipmunks. ...