On 4/10/07 10:06 AM, in article ,
"FragileWarrior" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 4/9/07 7:52 PM, in article ,
"cloud dreamer" wrote:

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.


Here's a link that discusses coffee grounds in compost:

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/s...354019975.html

It answers your questions and more.

..

Zone 5b
Canada's Far East.
Great site. I can vouch for worms love of coffee grounds. My
daughter's worm bin is veritable bee hive of activity when I add
grounds....

C


Cheryl, were you the poster who's daughter brought home the worm compost
project from school? How's it working out?
Yes and very well. I've managed to harvest "worm poo" once and have lots of
"baby worms" along with larger ones. I'm thinking about splitting what's
there (worms, bedding and all) in half for a second box.

Dang, they're happy.

Cheryl