Comments on: Coffee – Grounds for Joy http://organicgarden.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/coffee-grounds-for-joy/ Our Love is Greens and Growing Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: organicgarden http://organicgarden.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/coffee-grounds-for-joy/#comment-262 organicgarden Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:42:39 +0000 http://organicgarden.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/coffee-grounds-for-joy/#comment-262 Hi JillyJoe, Thank you for adding a gardening aspect to coffee. Here in the desert, we love the acidifying effects of coffee grounds in our soil - our soil is very alkaline naturally. Hope you are happy, well, and brewing up some good cups of joe! Hi JillyJoe,
Thank you for adding a gardening aspect to coffee.
Here in the desert, we love the acidifying effects of coffee grounds in our soil – our soil is very alkaline naturally.
Hope you are happy, well, and brewing up some good cups of joe!

]]> By: JillyJoe http://organicgarden.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/coffee-grounds-for-joy/#comment-222 JillyJoe Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:05:01 +0000 http://organicgarden.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/coffee-grounds-for-joy/#comment-222 Coffee grounds are good for the garden, too. They have a highly desirable 20:1 ratio of carbon to nitrogen so are the ideal addition to your compost. Only add small amounts to your worm farm though. The acidity slows the worms right down - exactly the opposite to us. You can put coffee grounds straight onto the garden as mulch too but beware as very fine mulches will hold a lot of water and often actually prevent the rain from getting through to the soil. Coffee grounds are acidic so strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries, persimmons, citrus trees and acid-loving ornamentals such as azaleas & camellias will thrive on them. Tea leaves do the same thing. Coffee grounds are good for the garden, too. They have a highly desirable 20:1 ratio of carbon to nitrogen so are the ideal addition to your compost. Only add small amounts to your worm farm though. The acidity slows the worms right down – exactly the opposite to us.

You can put coffee grounds straight onto the garden as mulch too but beware as very fine mulches will hold a lot of water and often actually prevent the rain from getting through to the soil.

Coffee grounds are acidic so strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries, persimmons, citrus trees and acid-loving ornamentals such as azaleas & camellias will thrive on them. Tea leaves do the same thing.

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