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A lot of people already know coffee grounds are great for enriching soil with nitrogen, but if your gardens just can't keep up with your coffee habit there are a ton of other great ways to put those grounds to use.
Keep the neighborhood felines out of your garden by sprinkling a mixture of coffee grounds and orange peels around the edges of plant beds.
It's not only beneficial for you and your garden there are lots of plants that are harmful to cats.
It's that time of year: Ant season. If you have an ant problem, sprinkle coffee grounds near doorways. How does it work?
The nitrogen burns the ants' legs so they won't walk across it. Some people cover ant holes with ground, but I'm a little too softhearted for that.
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If you want to grow lots of carrots or radishes, you can make your seeds go further by adding in coffee grounds.
Let the grounds dry and then mix them with seeds. Plant the grounds with the seeds and your plants will actually grow thicker.
Coffee grounds can add shine to your hair and condition it naturally. Work the grounds into clean, wet hair and massage for a few minutes, then rinse.
You may want to do this outdoors in warm weather to keep your drains from becoming clogged. (And brunettes you'll get the added benefit of lovely highlights.)
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Coffee absorbs scents from its environment, which makes it a fantastic natural deodorizer. Let the grounds dry, then pour them into a cup you can sit in your fridge or freezer.
If you've been cooking with onion, garlic, or other pungent foods, rub your hands in dry coffee grounds to remove smells.
Check out Peace Coffee's Tips for Using Coffee in the Garden:
1. Sprinkle your used coffee grounds in the garden just before a big rain is supposed to come.
This is a great way to slowly release some much-needed nitrogen into your garden. This is great for nourishing your soil if you were not already blessed with fabulous soil conditions.
2. To make a mild fertilizer, dilute half-pound wet coffee grounds in 5 gallons of water and add to a spray bottle. Spray on your newly planted crops for some extra nourishment.
3. Encircle vegetable crops like cabbage, Swiss chard, and radishes with a mix of your mild coffee fertilizer and egg shells, these work to repel pests like slugs which can chew leaves and do major damage to your crops.
4. For vermicomposters, sprinkle some coffee for the worms to nosh on. Vermicomposting uses earthworms to turn organic wastes into very high-quality compost. This is often an excellent way of composting kitchen waste.
