Tagged: Composting

Carbon Garden / Compost / Conservation / Garden Maintenance / Gardening on the Wild Side: Working in Harmony with Nature / Resource Protection / Soil Conservation / Weeds / Wildlife Gardening

 by Elizabeth McCoy

Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle: Coffee Grounds

  Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium and More That pile of wet grounds left from your fresh pot of coffee contains nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and iron. Does that list of ingredients sound familiar? You may recognize this nutrient list from the last bag of fertilizer you read. Brewed coffee grounds, the dried and ground remains of the coffee bean, which is a seed, can be repurposed to enrich compost and improve soils. Grounds may contain up to 10% nitrogen, intended...

Beneficial Insects / Birds / Carbon Garden / Garden Design / Gardening on the Wild Side: Working in Harmony with Nature / Ornamental Shrubs / Permaculture / Sustainable Gardening / Wildlife Gardening

 by Elizabeth McCoy

Building a ‘Carbon Garden’

  You may be ahead of me on this one, but the picture that came to mind when I first saw the term ‘Carbon Garden’ in the January 2021 issue of Horticulture Magazine wasn’t very pretty.   In practice, a carbon garden is not only beautiful, but this garden style proves easier to maintain than many others. A Quick Summary of the Science Like other elements, carbon is an atom that can manifest as a solid, in a liquid, or...