Coffee grounds...

[porkchop48]

I have always used them in my garden but for the life of me I can not remember why....

Any one wanna tell me again?

 

[chuckeychickens]

Coffee grounds are great soil conditioners and they attract worms which will eat them, process them, and create even more "conditioner."

 

[punk-a-doodle]

I believe they change the acidity of the soil. Could be wrong though.

Oop, I am. X) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080707171641.htm

 

[Avalon1984]

They work like a charm. I brought plants on their deathbed back with coffee grounds.

 

[Marcymom3]

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They are worm candy. I put them in my compost bin along with a batch of red wrigglers. They go to town on them and make wonderful rich soil out of the stuff in the pile....just think 500 worms on caffeine.

 

[theoldchick]

Now I'm worried about worms experiencing caffeine withdrawal. I can see myself waking up to a kitchen full of worms holding their coffee cups. Ack, now I'll have to remember to wear house slippers in the morning.

 

[Stacykins]

I toss my grounds in the compost heap, but for some reason my chickens like to snack on them (they ALWAYS run to the compost first thing in the morning

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[ksacres]

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[Marcymom3]

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[jtbrown]

Our soil is so orange clay like that I love the way the coffee grounds actually make me think I have fertile dark rich soil! I know it takes time, but I love what the coffee grounds do to my psyche as I look at the garden!