I came home with a large bag of coffee grounds from our local cafe this morning.
Although I realise that winter is not prime growth time so the ground doesn't need much feeding I guess it can't do harm to sprinkle them over my garden and lawn....
Any thoughts on this?

I sprinkle them on and mix them in year round. Less of a food and more a soil conditioner. I've found they appear to do a bit to deter slugs and snails - not sure if they don't like crawling over the grounds or if it is the smell.

it will create problem.The other things can get smell of coffee.It will be better that you use it as early as possible.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/23/2013 02:34PM by Harvey.

First of all coffee ground are a actual acceptable accession to your composting efforts. They would be advised a "green" or nitrogen source. C/N arrangement about 20:1.

While it is broadly anticipation that they are acerb it has been apparent that a lot of of this acidity is removed in the brewing process.

I now get a bag of coffee grounds every week or more from my local cafe. I just sprinkle them over the lawn, dump them into the compost or toss them around at will.

Neat idea, i've got some time off next week so i might do the rounds and see how much I can get. I've got a ton of space to fill (see how deep the garden fork is!)

Wow Chris, you will definitely need a good breakfast before attempting that but yes some coffee would be good for appealing to worms and a space filler.