Today’s Tip from The Green Year: 365 Small Things You Can Do to Make a Big Difference: Toss your used coffee grounds in the garden.
Coffee grounds make excellent fertilizer of nitrogen-loving plants like roses, azaleas, and blueberries. Sprinkle the grounds around your plants before your water to create an instant slow-release fertilizer. You can also add coffee grounds to your compost pile.
Not a coffee drinker? Ask your barista to save used coffee grounds; your garden will thank you.
This week on Pinterest I found the neatest idea to spruce up an old Dawn handsoap bottle into a refillable classy looking hand soap bottle by spray painting it with bronze spray paint. Have you found any cool “green” ideas lately?
See all of the other tips in our Go Green series.