coffee grounds for mulch....

[cobluegirl]

We go through tons of coffee at my house. I was thinking that I could add it to the dirt when it comes to gardening..however we have a few months before anything is thawed enough.. but I want to start saving it now..

how do I save it w/o it molding?

[April G]

Why can't you just put it out now, and put some leaves or grass mulch over it... That's what I do... :grin

[cobluegirl]

we are under a foot of snow.....

[ArmsOfLove]

can you put it in a pile near or at the corner of the garden? It seems the snow would keep it from molding :shrug

[April G]

Did a hole and cover with snow? :shifty

[April G]

You should have seen our compost "pile" after the snow melted... :giggle We were dumping then covering in snow. It was pretty... ummm... GROSS. But... I just put my gum boots on, stomped it down, and covered it in leaves, and it's doing very well now. :tu

[cobluegirl]

oh well..I guess I could do that...LOL I was thinking about getting a 5 gallon bucket and just storing them in the bucket on the porch.. the temps are pretty cold...

[April G]

That would work... and I really wouldn't worry about mold... it's going to go that way in the compost anyways. :wink

[cobluegirl]

I suppose that is true too...LOL can you tell I have never mulched before.... I could be saving potato peels, and apples too etc.. huh?

[ArmsOfLove]

yep :yes

dh is starting our garden in the backyard in the month or so to come and I just today started giving him the potato peels and cabbage shreds from dinner prep :P

[cobluegirl]

I will have access again to papa's green house I think...so some things I will do in there in the raised beds.. last year I did carrots, onions, tomatoes, pumpkins, zuchini, and squash, ...the vining plants got sick...they had nasty stuff on the leaves and the fruit was weird..on some plants.

I want to do some stuff outside too but likely won't be able to put anything in the ground till April/May

[canadiyank]

Coffee grounds alone as a mulch isn't the best. There's certain plans (roses) that you can do a little bit to that, but I would compost them instead and then use that. We have compost barrels already so I just dump my stuff on that all winter and it doesn't compost but that's ok (there are techniques to help it compost through the winter but I don't care that much). I'd probably just throw it in a pile somewhere, even on top of the snow, and deal with it later. :)

[cobluegirl]

ah ok. thanks.