Beginner Gardening: Regrowing store bought celery, 1 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
Oooh, I have JUST the book for you!!
http://www.amazon.com/Composting-Dummies-Cathy-Cromell/dp/04...
(amazon to the rescue!) That should cover just about all the questions you might have, but if not, then WHILE you're working on your composting pile/bin, then of course ask your left-over questions in here. (like my hint?) ;) My college-attending son finally moved off campus this year into a house with roommates. One of the very first things he did when he moved in is start his own compost pile out back. =) (I'm so proud of my little Tater Tot!)

That is a really cool site about drying coffee grounds, but I wonder... if they're just gonna get thrown out into/onto the compost pile, do they really have to be dried first? Couldn't ya just toss 'em on top and mix 'em into the top layer? We don't go through as much coffee as we used to, since I quit smoking (the association was just too much for me to take, LOL!), but I used to just take the used coffee grounds outside and dump 'em right into the bed. ;) ... Come to think of it, I wonder why I stopped that!?

Oh yeah.. so, this would definitely be something you want to do outside, not indoors. You can make a simple pile, somewhere out of eye-sight but still accessible. When ya mow your lawn, dump the clippings into a pile. Mulch leaves with your mower? Dump 'em onto the pile. Coffee grounds? Dump 'em onto the pile. Left-over (UN-dressed) salad greens? Onto the pile. End pieces and non-edible bits of veggies fresh veggies? Onto the pile. You get the idea. Anything "clean", as in, not buttered or covered in salad dressing et al. Using a gardening fork, "mix" the pile every couple of weeks. If you are anything like my Dear ol' DH and don't want "food" in the pile, then simple grass clippings/twigs and leaves will work well... along with shredded paper and/or cardboard (cut or torn into semi-smaller pieces). (DH has had bad experiences with his Grandma's old composting days... we won't go into that... but it's why I've been very hesitant to start a pile myself).

Anyway, that should get ya started! Now, get out there Young Lady! < =D