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10 Uses for Old Coffee Grounds

24th June, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

I’ve recently been having an ant problem in my garden, and a friend had mentioned that when she was having insect problems in her garden, she spread coffee grounds around her plants and the problem went away. I google searched “insect repellent and coffee grounds” and found that along with indeed being an effective insect repellent, used coffee grounds have several other uses.  You can find the top 10 here, which include flea repellent and pet hair softener,  deodorizer, and cellulite reducer.

Coffee grounds are also great to add to your compost bin – at the city of Austin composting class Carsi and I attended (which counted toward me getting a rebate from the city on my composting bin), we were told that the soil in Austin tends to be basic (as opposed to acidic), so adding coffee grounds to your compost and then eventually adding that compost to your soil helps to neutralize your soil.

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