ADDING OLD COFFEE GROUNDS TO YOUR SOIL

Are you green enough to try using old coffee grounds to enrich your garden soil?



Adding used coffee grounds to your soil will supply the plants in your garden with much needed nitrogen that they might otherwise lack. An additional benefit is that the used coffee grounds are FREE!



Previously used coffee grounds are an excellent addition to your compost pile too. Brown layer (carbon) could consist of dried leaves. The coffee grounds would be added with the Green layer (nitrogen) along with vegetable peelings, etc. No more than 25% of your compost pile should be coffee grounds. They will create quite a bit of heat which in turn cuts down on composting time. Many pests do not like a garden enriched with coffee grounds, but earthworms love to feed on them. It helps them grow and reproduce.

Coffee grounds are acidic, so they will mostly benefit acid-loving plants such as roses, camellias, blueberries, and azaleas. Many evergreen and deciduous trees, as well as shrubs also benefit greatly from coffee grounds.


So next time you are enjoying your cup of coffee, remember to save the grounds for the garden. You will also be keeping them out of the local landfill.