tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post372770149778259887..comments2024-03-27T23:50:29.471-07:00Comments on RootsAndWingsCo: Starbucks is my new best friend-Coffee Grounds For The GardenRootsAndWingsCohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17941828347260961696noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post-14341500318942562022010-06-23T20:57:05.477-07:002010-06-23T20:57:05.477-07:00Great Tip! I've read about the coffee grounds ...Great Tip! I've read about the coffee grounds before for your personal pile but we don't drink coffee here (gasp! I know!). Never thought about going to a coffee house. We've got tons in our downtown area!<br />HeatherShop Without Money Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274592199137192460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post-82428892725479323472010-06-20T15:58:06.178-07:002010-06-20T15:58:06.178-07:00Bravo Starbucks!
Actually we have been putting ...Bravo Starbucks! <br /><br />Actually we have been putting coffee grounds on our soil forever! I remember my great grandmother saving her grounds and digging them in. If she did it - it is good enough for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post-23605418092473810622010-06-19T07:12:58.403-07:002010-06-19T07:12:58.403-07:00I just started using the coffee grounds to keep th...I just started using the coffee grounds to keep the neighborhood cats from thinking my garden is their litter box, it's working like magic! Never thought to go to a coffee place and get their used grounds...gonna have to try that! Thanks,<br />chambersmade.blogspot.comKierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961808535993632629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post-44061870464664400252010-06-18T16:01:53.978-07:002010-06-18T16:01:53.978-07:00:) I love free organic matter for my garden and c...:) I love free organic matter for my garden and compost... You know you're an addict when you steal curbed bags of leaves from people with weedy yards (that means no pesticides! ;) )<br /><br />I just wanted to remind you to check your ph as ash and coffee grounds can raise it. So counter the grounds by mixing a tablespoon of lime for every 5lb bag. Just remember "1 to 3 for 5" Doesn't make a lot of sense but it works for me! ;) oh and the 3 is for the 3 cubic feet of coverage.<br /><br />HoneyHoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943559434282639231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post-66571568743629621762010-06-18T12:19:45.357-07:002010-06-18T12:19:45.357-07:00MiaZagora,
Thanks for your comments. I had read t...MiaZagora,<br />Thanks for your comments. I had read that it was a great repellent for snails. Here in Phoenix we don't have snails, so I have none to test this on. ;)<br /><br /><br />I also read about worms loving the coffee grounds.<br /><br />Glad to know this is working for you!<br />RebeccaRootsAndWingsCohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941828347260961696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5984202671659312324.post-40561430900709447042010-06-18T08:47:35.484-07:002010-06-18T08:47:35.484-07:00I found out about the Starbucks "Grounds for ...I found out about the Starbucks "Grounds for Your Garden" program either through an email or Facebook. I just started gardening this Spring and found that not only do we have sticky clay soil in parts of the yard, but also a giant population of slugs and snails. After removing some old shrubs and the leaves that had fallen under the shrubs (a favorite slug/snail habitat) I planted some flowers and I have a small patch of tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Since I have food and flowers planted together in one section, I didn't want to use a poison. I discovered that coffee grounds is an excellent slug/snail repellant, and coffee sprayed directly on slugs will kill them. I do drink coffee, but I'm the only one in my household that does, and I didn't generate enough coffee grounds to put around all of my plants at one time. I have gotten probably 60 pounds of coffee grounds this year from Starbucks, dug it into the soil and spread it around the plants. So far, so good! Coffee grounds is also good for the soil and worms love them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202716125247172211noreply@blogger.com