RE: coffee grounds

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: RE: [CHAT] coffee grounds
• From: "Donna" g*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:24:03 -0600
• In-reply-to: 945ecba31c5a830b48a5efa6efdb0c4b@verizon.net

NO doubt Jim....

I used to be able to get used grounds easily, this past summer it was not
readily available. Thought my timing was off, but now I understand. :(

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Ah so. Guess I'll chalk this up to another re-cycle hustle. Wonder if
> it will mean that the availability of free-be used grounds from
> Starbucks will diminish. Too bad if it does. Guess I need to go to my
> local coffee house and ask what they do with used grounds. I spread all
> we generate at home on, in rotation, gardenia, miracle fruit, phalsa,
> grumichama, and rose apple. Poor hibiscus get none but could surely
> benefit if they did.
> 
> On Dec 4, 2005, at 6:23 PM, kmrsy@netzero.net wrote:
> 
> > http://www.java-log.com/
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > -- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> > That seems to me to be totally weird. But I wonder about the fragrance,
> > too--otherwise, why bother since they make a great soil amendment for
> > any acid-loving plant. Would seem to me more money could be made by
> > composting them down than by compressing them into "logs."
> >
> > Interesting question about the ashes. All of our foreparents extracted
> > lye from wood ashes to make soap; would be very interesting to learn
> > the pH of coffee ashes.
> >
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2005, at 5:20 PM, kmrsy@netzero.net wrote:
> >
> >> We talked before about ways to use coffee grounds. In today's
> >> newspaper
> >> coupons there was a coupon for a Java Log. They make logs from
> >> recycled
> >> spent coffee grounds for your fireplace. Hmmm...wonder what value the
> >> ashes have? Wonder if the fragrance is 100% Columbian when it is
> >> burning.
> >>
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
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> > Heat Zone 10
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> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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