[Community_garden] Coffee grounds and community gardens

[Don Boekelheide]

OK, so, would a consensus position be:

In community gardens (which should all have compost
piles if large enough, especially if we're growing
veggies), we should happily gather up all the grounds
we can from our local Buckies, Caribou, Peet's, indy,
put them in our compost, and otherwise use grounds to
help build soil.

The partnerships we make with such places can help
build support for community gardening, local food, and
environmental stewardship (ie, I hit up my local
Starbucks regularly to donate coffee for garden
meetings - I help take care of their indoor coffee
tree and (sometimes) haul off their grounds - this
also keeps my mug filled for free).

On coffee grounds in wormbins, time for some local
experiments. My assumption that acidity caused
problems probably wasn't accurate and needs testing.
There may be problems, but for other reasons.

BTW, I like that theory about weak vs. strong coffee
depending on regional brewing preferences! LOL!

Don Boekelheide
Charlotte, NC