<commit_before>---
title: Save Your Soil
date: 2016-10-26 21:03:00 Z
tags:
- green tea
- gardening tips
---

![TROPICAL.jpg](/uploads/TROPICAL.jpg)

Often times after our routine dose of morning tea or coffee, we throw out the loose leaves or grounds of coffee thinking they've served their use for us. However, there's actually much more about these leftovers that can serve even more good.

You can save these leaves or grounds and actually put them into your soil. It's important that we cut back on the waste generated, reuse and recycle items at home, and give back to our earth. Grounds and fresh leaves act as a fertilizer and helps improve the overall plant's growth, health and vigor!

When applying used tea grounds to improve plant growth, mix the loose tea leaves directly into the plant’s soil, or spread the tea leaves around the top soil like mulch. If you want to add tea grounds to your vegetable and edible garden plants, do so indirectly, with organic compost. Adding straight tea grounds to garden soil during periods of active growth may disturb your garden’s pH balance or affect the flavor of your crops! 

Coffee grounds act in a similar way. They work best for blueberries and other fruit trees. When piling it on, make sure to add a good half-inch thick layer on top of your soil; too much will become moldy mulch! It will break down quickly and when it does, you can add more. 

Another benefit of putting coffee grounds on top of your soil is that it serves as a natural slug repeller. Slugs don't enjoy crawling atop coffee grounds due to the texture so if you're ever having a slug problem, this will solve all of your problems. 


Good luck and get gardening!
- Julianna<commit_msg>Updated Save Your Soil<commit_after>---
title: Save Your Soil
date: 2016-10-26 21:03:00 Z
tags:
- green tea
- gardening tips
---

![TROPICAL.jpg](/uploads/TROPICAL.jpg)

Often times after our routine dose of morning tea or coffee, we throw out the loose leaves or grounds of coffee thinking they've served their use for us. However, there's actually much more about these leftovers that can serve even more good.

You can save these leaves or grounds and actually put them into your soil. It's important that we cut back on the waste generated, reuse and recycle items at home, and give back to our earth. Grounds and fresh leaves act as a fertilizer and helps improve the overall plant's growth, health and vigor!

When applying used tea grounds to improve plant growth, mix the loose tea leaves directly into the plant’s soil, or spread the tea leaves around the top soil like mulch. If you want to add tea grounds to your vegetable and edible garden plants, do so indirectly, with organic compost. Adding straight tea grounds to garden soil during periods of active growth may disturb your garden’s pH balance or affect the flavor of your crops! 

Coffee grounds act in a similar way. They work best for blueberries and other fruit trees. When piling it on, make sure to add a good half-inch thick layer on top of your soil; too much will become moldy mulch! It will break down quickly and when it does, you can add more. 

Another benefit of putting coffee grounds on top of your soil is that it serves as a natural slug repeller. Slugs don't enjoy crawling atop coffee grounds due to the texture so if you're ever having a slug infestation, this will solve all of your problems. 


Good luck and get gardening!
- Julianna
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