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Coffee Grind Compost for the Garden

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Coffee Grind Compost for the Garden

Can we talk about coffee and compost? One smells amazing, and one not so much, but they both serve a function. Adding coffee grind compost to our small yard garden is great for the garden while also leaving a positive carbon footprint by reusing food scraps instead of throwing them in the trash. To paint a clearer picture: in my home, we paint furniture, well, I do that part. But we also compost, garden, DIY, brew beer, make our own sauce and I’m sure there are other random things. If we could only perfect making our own wine, then my life would be complete! For now, I’d like to focus on the morning drinking routine and how it impacts our later flourishing garden.

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Families who Garden Together …

We have been composting and gardening for a few years now. My hubby has the green thumb and has been teaching the kids when its ok and not ok to pick from the garden. They know that you don’t pick the strawberries or tomatoes until they are red. They like to pick and eat the fresh food, but don’t quite get the compost part just yet. And that’s ok.

Our Yard Compost Bin

We invested in a Compost bin for the yard to collect the scraps and do its thing. I opted for the one that was more visually appealing or perhaps less visually unappealing and that wouldn’t attract rodents. I’ve heard horror stories, and since we have a rather small yard, I don’t want to take any chances. At first glance, the price may seem a bit high for a rotating bin that will collect rotting food scraps, but over the years I think it pays for itself in a way and I have no regrets. compost-bin, garden compost, coffee to compost, how to compost, staten island

You simply dump your scraps in and rotate every now and then. The area at the bottom collects the liquid (which when you think about it is rather disgusting) But that liquid is like liquid gold to the garden, it’s called compost tea. On occasion, we add in some dried leaves to balance out all of the food scraps and prevent the compost from becoming too wet.compost-in-bin, garden compost, how to compost, coffee grinds compost, small yard, nyc

Coffee Grinds Compost

This is the portion that I prefer – coffee! Like many others, I am an avid coffee drinker, but I try not to go overboard. I have used a Keurig for years and years, until now, and I never really thought about how wasteful the K-cups were until I stopped using them. I simply enjoyed the convenience of them. We just replaced our Keurig with a Ninja coffee bar, as recommended by my friend and blog pal, Thea over at that Sweet Tea Life. She would send me photos of her coffee until I broke down and ordered my own. ninja-coffee-bar, single serve, best coffee maker

As someone who used a Keurig for years, I was immediately intimidated by the Ninja. I can tackle a painted furniture project but get me a new coffee maker and I get scared. So, like the Type A personality person that I am, I read the directions and followed the setup steps and low and behold, it’s actually rather simple. It’s time to get my brew on. coffee, ninja coffee bar, best coffee, coffee grinds for compost

Coffee Grinds are Great for Compost

Now that I have a new coffee maker I can add my coffee grinds to the compost pail. We keep a small pail on the counter that gets emptied (and cleaned) to the larger bin in the yard regularly. After each brew, I pop open the filter section and remove the permanent filter – yay no paper filters either. coffee-pot-grinds, garden compost, how to compost, staten island, garden

Dump the coffee grinds into the compost pail on the counter. Then remind hubby to take the pail out to the bin in the yard. 🙂coffee-grinds, compost, , coffee grind compost, compost bin, garden compost

Preparing for another Gardening Season

We are already getting ready for the next season of what the garden will bring. The stakes are in and ready for tomatoes and my hubby plans to grow hops this year. Since he brews his own beer, he plans to grow his own hops for his beer making. He’s already asked me to paint the garden barrels and he wants them stenciled. It looks like I will finally be able to break out my Cricut and give it a go. raised-garden, garden beds, compost for garden

Previous Garden Harvests

Last year we grew tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, garlic, strawberries and numerous herbs.  tomatoes-and-peppers, garden harvest, coffee grind compost

We jarred the peppers, though I can’t think of a reason when we would ever open those jars. What makes someone say “hey I have a jar of peppers, let’s open that up”.peppers-in-jars, jarred peppers, garden grown

On the other hand, we do make our own sauce and those jars are always opened up and enjoyed. tomato-sauce, home made sauce, compost, garden

Conclusion – Coffee is Great for Compost

With this cycle of coffee – compost – garden – sauce – can I conclude that coffee makes great tomato sauce? hmmm

If you are a fellow gardener check out how we spruced up the garden and built our own raised garden beds last spring.

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  1. Mindi Wolfe says

    March 2, 2017 at 11:01 am

    Wow – you have many talents! Thank you for sharing this about your coffee bar and composting. My Kuerig will need to be replaced soon and this sounds like a great alternative. A vegetable garden has been in my thoughts lately as well. Great timing!

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    • Kandice says

      March 2, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      aww thank you Mindi, I wasnt sure how anyone would feel about me writing about something different from the norm. Im so glad you enjoyed it 🙂

      Reply
  2. Roseann Hampton says

    March 14, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    I was just looking at compost bins online – thanks for the great post!

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  3. Shirley Wood says

    March 14, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    I add the coffee along with the filter to my compost bin. I put the egg shells directly onto the ground around my plants these days and then crush them and pile leaves on top. Great tips. #merrymonday

    Reply
  4. Kim Denne says

    March 15, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    Found you via the Moonlight & Mason Jars linkup on Modern Pilgrim 🙂 You have a lovely blog & I look forward to poking around and discovering more!

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    • Kandice says

      March 15, 2017 at 1:10 pm

      thank you so much Kim. Poke away 🙂

      Reply
  5. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    March 17, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    I am a beginning gardening so I haven’t gotten into composting – yet. This is a great article though and I have pinned it for later. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty

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    • Kandice says

      March 17, 2017 at 3:30 pm

      thank you so much! We have a cabin upstate in Parksville near Monticello, your name made me think of that 😉

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  6. Barbara Strafella says

    May 2, 2017 at 11:09 pm

    Hi Kandice, you can use the jared peppers in your chili it ads wonderful flavor!

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    • Kandice says

      May 3, 2017 at 1:07 pm

      oooohhh thats a good idea!! thank you!

      Reply

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