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Permalink Reply by Brewed Expressions Coffee House on August 18, 2009 at 10:39am

Try packaging it yourself & selling it to customers as garden fertilizer. Since it is of no cost to you, you can sell it extremely cheap & donate the profits to a local organization like a food bank.

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Permalink Reply by Phil Proteau on August 18, 2009 at 7:14pm

Many coffee shops I work with just bag it up and put it out on the side walk. People who know what to do with it will take it away if you put sign that says "compost material". You need good worms, they will eat the paper filters and all. Coffee ground have lots of nitrogen and is better than most other table scraps. I have a big pile of old leaves where I throw my grounds, and turn over the pile every week a pitchfork. The disappears about as fast as I can pile it up. I now have a 30 gallon pail full of pure worm castings. That is from one season of leaves. I expect to get more this year with the addition of the coffee grounds.

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Permalink Reply by Henry on August 19, 2009 at 6:39am

Wow, thanks for the good info. I doubt that we can do much worm compost here in the East Coast as temperature will kill them off in the Winter. I will follow your suggestions and hope for the best!.

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Permalink Reply by Phil Proteau on August 19, 2009 at 12:00pm

I am on the East coast, the North East for that matter. My worms come to live early in the spring, and the more composting material I keep at the back of the yard, the greater my worm population gets to be. You can build raised worm beds too, that you can cover for heat and what not. But I don't have any problem keeping a healthy population 9 months out of the year.

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Permalink Reply by teresa pilarz on August 20, 2009 at 7:23am

Try getting in touch w/ local gardening clubs too. Lots of their members will be interested.

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Permalink Reply by Henry on August 20, 2009 at 7:29am

Wow, that's awesome been comtemplating on trying to be greener and start a worm compose. Thought I wouldn't have a healthy colony due to the temperature in the East Coast. At last i know it can be done.

Phil Proteau said:

I am on the East coast, the North East for that matter. My worms come to live early in the spring, and the more composting material I keep at the back of the yard, the greater my worm population gets to be. You can build raised worm beds too, that you can cover for heat and what not. But I don't have any problem keeping a healthy population 9 months out of the year.

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