On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:29:02 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:41:12 GMT, "Mysterion"
wrote:

I finally got myself a compost bin to speed up the process rather than my
old method of "till it under and wait".

I've read that coffee grounds make good compost - something about earthworms
liking it.
My question is "How much is too much?"
The household consumption of coffee is at least a half gallon per day.
This quickly adds up to a lot of grounds.

TIA

The guideline is 50% brown material, 50% green material. If your
compost pile stinks or is cold it is out of balance. A compost pile
should be warm (or even steaming) and for that one cubic yard of
material is ideal, anything less and it is less likely "to cook." A
compost pile is like a living thing--something you don't get if you
spread material over the ground and till it in. Coffee grounds is
"brown" material. Freshly cut grass is green material. Experiment
until you understand it. It's really easy and simple!


Well, I stand corrected. After reading the link provided it says
coffee grounds are a "green" material as they contain high amounts of
nitrogen. After 30 years of successful composting it must not be all
that important and I add coffee grounds often. My compost piles steam
in the middle of winter!