Coffee Ground Uses

[DrakeMaiden]

Yes, Starbucks gives them free on a first come first served basis. This is good because I have competition for them in my neck of the woods and one day I beat a regular out!

 

[the simple life]

I call ahead and ask if they have them in before I drive over. Sometimes they will say that they have them in a small trash bag and they just have to bag them up and to come on in, I just tell them to leave them in the trashbag and I will take it all and they are happy to not have to shovel it into those smaller bags.
A good time to get them is after the morning coffee rush, people on the way to work and all that, or weekend mornings.
I find weekdays are the easiest to get them since most people are asking for them on the weekends because alot of people do yardwork on their days off.

 

[Wifezilla]

Yeah...they put them in a bucket in 5 lb bags out where people can grab them.

 

[Home Maker]

Interesting topic; thanks for posting.

I have always put them in my compost, but I think I will start saving them out for more specific uses, especially keeping slugs away. That commercial slug bait is deadly for pets.

 

[Homesteadmom]

Here they always go into the compost with the filter! But when we go up north I use a stove top percolator & no filter in it so I empty the grounds onto & around the ant dens, that are close to our trailer, hoping to drive them farther away from that area. I have never found an ant in the trailer either so it must be working. I have 2 tires up there that I bury the compost into the ground under them to hopefully be able to plant some flowers in when I start spending more time up there & that area will be all ready to go for me.