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Composting Coffee Grounds
Everyone seems to be jumping on the compost bandwagon lately and that's a good thing. Imagine my surprise, during one of my usual lunch breaks spent wandering around stores with my camera, when I saw these bagged coffee grinds in Borders Bookstore.
The sign says, "Free coffee grinds to add to your garden's soil. Plants love it!" How cool is that? Now I know that Starbucks has been doing this for years but it's good to see some other stores following their lead.
And my 4 newly acquired bags of coffee grinds have already been added to one of my compost bins. I think they had some more in the cafe section of the store but I already took a picture of their display and then swiped it so I wasn't going to be too greedy.
I'm not a big fan of putting the grinds directly in the garden as they suggest so of course I composted them. I really have way too many leaves and need to get my piles cooking. Free coffee grinds are a great start. Thanks Borders.
15 Comments:
Rachel @ in bloom
So whenever we have reason to go by there, I will stop in and grab a bag... or all of them. One time my husband left with an enormous trash bag of coffee grounds that they filled up for him from the bins behind the counter.
Unfortunately, when I was a Starbucks visitor in a previous life, I always saw the grounds in the trash rather than in the garden bins.
I hope this isn't just a fad!
The worms in my composting bin indoors seem to be dealing well with my coffee grinds ... I try not to add too much at any one time.
I wish I had a deal like that. I'd love a big trash bag full of coffee grinds.
Ayse,
Another one with a trash bag full of grinds. I'm missing out! :)
Katie,
Yes, I found Starbucks grinds to be an iffy situation. Not all stores did it.
Oldroses,
I never thought about flavored grinds, hmmm. I guess they would be okay, unless they were flavored with heavy metals or bleach. :)
The bags in the picture and the ones available at Starbucks are usually just from espresso, so they're fine.
Kate,
I heard that worms love coffee grinds. Let me know how they do in the long run. And I really must get my own worm bin. I'm jealous of you vermipeople. :)
I linked to your post in my blog--keep up the good work!
Kristy @ intheweedswithguthrie.blogspot.com
We're trying to distribute the grounds to more people but not everyone can get to IKEA so I take what I can to our monthly growers meetings.
Stop considering and start composting! Go for it. Thanks for finding the blog, I hope you come back to visit soon.
mss@ZanthanGardens,
Yes, don't you just love free stuff. I save some grinds for my blueberries because they love the acid too.
vagrant aesthetic,
That's great to hear! 550?!? Wow, too bad you aren't in NJ, I would have gladly taken a 550 pound donation. :)
Coffee grounds and egg shells are great ingredients for compost. Keep up the good work and thanks for stopping by.