Re: coffee grounds

Hi, another Seattleite chiming in....I personally take coffee grounds...and dump our own, straight into the compost bin or worm bin and occasionally garden beds.  Coffee grounds straight are  ~ 3% Nitrogen...which is pretty good. 
The con: Coffee is acidic, and in our rainy climate, we already have acid soil.  So remember to lime your garden and test it every once in awhile for pH.
While I think John Jeavons has a lot of good ideas and think a closed system of gardening is ideal, using what would otherwise be tossed into the landfill is a good thing too. 
 
While I buy organic, shade grown, coop, ohhhhhh soooo politically correct coffee from Cafe Mam,  (http://www.cafemam.com/ismam.html) I would be interested in finding out what kind of residue of pesticides in standard coffee grounds.  Starbucks, bless them, buys from small coops far more than they label.  I still don't buy there coffee, but I'll use their grounds!  If anyone has any studies specifically on coffee grounds and chemicals...pass it along!
 
Sally Anne
Seattle Gardener and bum
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index