Coffee Ground Rules for Gardening

You may not know this about me, but I have this thing for coffee.

I'm smitten.

And from what I can tell, it's mutual. We hang out every day.

And, I've got an impressive mug collection.

But this year, I'm planning to throw all my coffee stuff outside.

In a good way!

I haven't gone crazy.

(It's hard to 'go' crazy if you've been living there. I'm the Mayor)

Here's some ideas for my garden this year, inspired by my love for my favorite drink.

Coffee sack planters!

Coffee bags are biodegradable, so great in the garden, or you can put ugly planters inside of them or line them with recycled foil coffee bags.

I'm getting my sacks in a smaller size, think your average coffee lb size, though you can go up to the 50 lb sack if you choose.

Many of them are used, recycled bags that come with the coffee scent or even a few leftover grounds tucked inside. You can find them on Amazon in any size, with fun prints on them, although you can't be sure exactly how each bag will look until you get it in the mail.

I'm stealing this idea from another blogger, Leslie Reese. (You can find her process here)

She uses old recycled coffee cans or cans found in antique stores for a great deal.

I love this idea!
Recycling cans can be beautiful and really unique to your own tastes.

Of course there's the coffee mug planter as well.

I love this idea for when you just get TOO many mugs as gifts.
You'll always have your favorites for drinking, but come on, we've only got two hands and even if you put a few out on the table with straws while you're double fisting it, you only have so much reachable space in front of your face.

 

My F-I-L gave me this fabulous gift two Christmas's ago.

It's only the second indoor plant I've ever received that hasn't kicked the bucket.

The Other is a 'you can't kill it; I've tried'- aloe plant.
If this plant should die, I've still got this fun mug to get me through the trauma.
 

And then there's this fantastic little nugget of knowledge.

 

If you didn't know this already, get ready to wet your plants.

Starbucks has a coffee ground program!

They give away all of their grounds for FREE.
Coffee grounds can be great in the garden and add a lot of nutrients back in to the soil.

If you are a little intimidated, the grounds come in a bag with instructions.

You can go to almost any Starbucks and ask them for the grounds and skip home (with a latte, because you did just save money on fertilizer, soooo.....)

I've not heard of any other companies doing this, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could finagle some grounds of your local mom n' pop place if you bribed them with a little fresh produce...

Anyway,

My coffee is getting cold.

That's right. Hubby just popped this in front of me.

He knows how exhausted I can get with the hours I spend googling and oogling garden ideas.

Do you have any themes for your garden?
Share, share!!!