It just seems a shame to throw out our used coffee grounds every day, along with eggshells. Seems like there ought to be a use for them?
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Fri, Aug 28, 2009
It just seems a shame to throw out our used coffee grounds every day, along with eggshells. Seems like there ought to be a use for them?
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August 28th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Go easy on the coffee grounds—they tend to acidify the soil, which isn’t good for some of the Mediterranean herbs.
August 28th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Yes they are I know egg shells definitly. saw it on Bernstein Bears. that’s where i heard it at. coffee grounds i’m sure are good too. i use them. Hasn’t hurt anything. i even threw my coffee in plants from time to time/.
August 28th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
If you pour vinegar on eggshels in a plastic bag
It turns to lime
Science experiment
Just don’t feed either one to pigs
I’ve been told
Don’t know why not though
August 28th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Make a compost pile and add them. Coffee grinds are good for acid loving plants.