Have you got heaps of coffee grounds, wood ash and egg shells piling up? Most of us have, especially in winter! But fear not- All of these work wonders in your garden!
In this week’s episode, Ben shows us the best ways to use this common household waste as Soil Superfood!
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Glad I watched this. I’ve always tossed grounds and shells into the compost heap.
What about ash from wood pellets? Is that safe to use in the garden?
What about ash from wood pellets?
Coffee grounds seem to minimize the effects of flea beetles too! I sprinkled them heavily around spinach this year and the difference was significant. Also around the Japanese greens I tried for the first time this summer here in Vermont.
When I make my green smoothie with broccoli kale and celery and Kiwi fruit and green tea I rinse the container and keep that water and put it back into my garden
Could I add all of this things into my compost pit? I'm trying to transform some sandy potting mix into a mixture more nutrient dense and airy by adding leaves and kitchen scraps.
Would it be ok to mix into the soil the things mentioned above ?
I started composting in a tumbler about 4 years ago. Then I lost interest and it’s just been sitting there for several years. Is it still ok to use? I haven’t been turning it or adding water.
Do you need a coffee grinder type blender for egg shells? Ive got a normal blender but not sure if it'll be fine enough, need to save some eggs shells to find out I think…. I got a coffee grinder but my family are huge coffee drinkers so i rather not use that grinder if I can avoid it haha… May have to buy a mini blender like you have for the task, think that's a super good idea!
Fully agree on everything
Do you have a video on starting a compost pile?
Will eggshells, coffee grounds or wood ash work to keep cats from using the garden as their toilet?
thanks for the video. Shame about slugs control, we need to reframe our relationship with our fellow competitors. Let them have some. I do lose some plants I win other. Handpicking on early plants and move them away.
Very informative! Love this guy. So full of enthusiasm!
Are store bought eggs okay?
I've worked in the local grocery store's produce department for over a year, and I regularly obtain cardboard (which I cut up into small squares, for carbon) and various scraps for my dad's composting, which he's been doing for nearly three years. The scraps I used to retrieve cabbage leaves and corn husks as the primary, and asparagus trimmings and bell pepper shells secondary, but the district produce merchandiser (ie, district manager of the company's produce division) recently adjusted cabbage presentation, meaning we have to leave the leaves on, so now I can't get those. Fortunately, there's a small Starbucks kiosk at my store's main entrance and an actual location about a quarter mile down the road, so I guess I'll try to start collecting the real location's grounds………
This guy hates Americans so much lol. Mad at George Washington? Really? lol.
Bit late sterilising the egg shells from salmonella after you have eaten the eggs !
I sprinkle coffee as a cure against slugs. Especially all over strawberries
and all of these things can go into hot compost?
What happened to your broccoli plants?
I save egg shells, leaves, tea leaves, orange peels, and food scraps
Oh no… what if I've added unground and unsterilised eggshells to my compost for a year now? (Only collecting kitchen scraps for now… waiting to move into a bigger place to actually start a garden compost… so… no browns in as of yet…)
LOL.. "Give me some skin bruh!" lol