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Gardening

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2. I don't think of them as a fertilizer so much as good for the soil structure -

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 08:54 AM

Feb 2012

I just dump them into my compost bin as one of the components. Great stuff - I always look for bags of them at Starbucks.

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Just read about coffee ground use in the garden and had some questions... [View all] Ruby Reason Feb 2012 OP

Coffee grounds can repel moles. CottonBear Feb 2012 #1

I throw them off the deck into the yard randr Feb 2012 #3

+1 ge26252se Feb 2012 #8

Coffee grounds are acidic, Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #5

Thanks for all the great ideas and information. Ruby Reason Feb 2012 #6

Kolesar, is your soil high or low PH, alkaline or acidic? JDPriestly Mar 2012 #9

We over-limed it and it became alkaline, pH = 7.5 on the last test Kolesar Mar 2012 #10