Snag said:


I've been doing some work for a local coffee shop , and have been offered
as much used coffee grounds as I'd care to drag home ...I've read
somewhere
that they make excellent worm food and can be used as a fertilizer on my
garden , but I have no idea how much is enough , and how much would be
too
much .
So , is there a rule of thumb or any kind of guide for this application ?
When we were kids we used a 5 gal bucket buried about 3/4 in the ground
and
filled with burlap sacking as a worm farm . We used Dad's grounds as food ,
got some very healthy and active worms , and had repeat business from the
local fisherfolk ...

I wish I was still getting a few 5 gallon buckets of coffee grounds every
week...

I put them into the compost, added them to shredded newspaper for a worm
bin and mixed them with shredded leaves for mulching everywhere.

Also dusted dried grounds onto and around my eggplants to repel flea
beetles.

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Pat in Plymouth MI

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