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The Ways You Can Use Coffee Grounds to Fertilize Lawns, Repel Insects and Perform Other Chores around the House

Every single year, thousands of pounds of already used coffee grounds are being thrown away in the garbage and then shipped to a landfill where it will add more garbage to the growing amounts of waste all over the world. The next time you finish with your coffee, instead of throwing the coffee grounds away, try using them and test if they are effective in the following cases:
Compost
Used coffee grounds are an amazing addition to the compost pile in your hose. The reason why coffee grounds are excellent compost addition is their high content of nitrogen. Nitrogen gives energy to the bacteria in your compost that they need to break …show more content…

This same substance makes the used coffee grounds an excellent fertilizer. If you mix used coffee ground with the soil you are going to use for planting, you will speed up the growth of the microbes in the soil. The nitrogen will provide the plant with nutrients as well. People believe that used coffee grounds are acidic. However, this is not correct, because these acids are water soluble and get washed away in the coffee. Your soil will be free of acids.
Wood staining To stain your wood by yourself and give it a nice tone you can use coffee grounds. Place the coffee grounds in a French press or a coffee pot, add boiling water and leave them to rest for 2 hours or during the night. In the morning, filter out the grounds and pour the liquid in a container. Soak a paintbrush in the liquid and apply it on the wood. Leave it to dry for 10 minutes and repeat until you get the right color. You can even rub used coffee grounds on the wood if you want a darker shade of brown.
Bug repellent Coffee ground can be an effective mosquito repellent because these bugs don’t like the strong scent of coffee. Studies showed that used grounds can even serve as an insecticide because they kill

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