Carolina Gardening: Coffee Grounds, Lasagne Beds, and Composting in SC, 1 by pyromomma

pyromomma wrote:
Starting new thread about Composting and Lasagne beds here in the warm, humid South -
I found some good sites on the Soil and Composting forum on Coffee Grounds

One person over there commented :
I dump'em in my composter & spread them into my flower beds and just work it into the soil. I also use it around the small evergreen in my back yard.
Spent coffee grounds are the perfect compost input:
* They smell good.
* They absorb and hold moisture which is so critical to the compost pile.
* They are one of the few sources of nitrogen that is widely available year-round to people in urban and suburban areas.
* They are easily stored for days in a closed plastic bag.
* They are free.
* They are available in large quantities.


Here is an excellent site - one kid commented that he used Coffee grounds as a Science project, and the plant that had 1 cuup grounds and 1 cup dirt grew much better than all the rest!
http://www.sustainableenterprises.com/Business/coffeefert.ht...

And on the same site, one about composting ;
http://www.sustainableenterprises.com/Planet/compost.htm


Here is one about experiments with coffee-grounds as composting - High in nitrogen and they count as a "Green" in composting

http://gardening.wsu.edu/stewardship/compost/coffee.htm


BTW, Starbucks has a policy of giving the grounds away to those who request it, so ask away! And do not forget the other places that make coffee, too - Dunkin Donuts, etc.


Cheers
Lorie