MamasHealth.com Home Earth-friendly products Banana paper Compost CowPots Eco-Consious milk Earth vegan shoes Fair trade coffee Fluorescent Bulbs GreenDimes.com GreenPhone Grounds for your garden Recycle your cell phone Recycled gifts ReUSE a shoe Second rotation Tealight holder Thermafleece Vulcana purse Energy Saving tips Email Mama Air conditioner tips Cold water loads Fireplace tips Get a furnace tune-up Insulate your home Maintain duct system Microwave it Plug up the holes Seal air leaks Use a compact bulb Use a ceiling fan Use a space heater Use your shades Water heater tips Windows: winter-proof Tips to save the earth Tell us about an earth-friendly product	Earth Friendly Products Grounds for your Garden Most Starbucks provide FREE 'Grounds for your Garden' Let Starbucks help your garden grow Coffee grounds can provide a valuable source of nutrition for your garden if used properly. The proper amount to be used depends on the condition of the soil and, more specifically, what you are growing in your garden. Check with your local gardening expert to see what is best for your situation. Here are a few general tips. Applying coffee grounds directly in the garden Coffee grounds can be applied along with other materials as a side dressing for vegetables, roses, and other plants. Coffee grounds are high in nitrogen, but are also acidic. Adding brown material such as leaves and dried grass to the mulch will help keep a balanced soil pH. Mixing coffee grounds in your compost Coffee grounds act as a green material with a carbon-nitrogen (C-N) ratio of 20-1. They make an excellent addition to your compost. Combined with browns such as leaves and straw, coffee grounds generate heat and will speed up the composting process. Using coffee grounds in a worm bin: Worms fed with coffee grounds combined with other materials will flourish.	Advertise on MamasHealth.com Your product featured on MamasHealth.com
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