Uses For Used Coffee Grounds

Do you toss your used coffee grounds in the trash? We found a few uses for them in ways you might not have thought of.

Mix coffee grounds with the soil in your garden and flower beds, and let them help enrich the soil.

Sprinkle coffee grounds around your garden to eliminate cutworms, ants, slugs and snails.

A mixture of coffee grounds and sugar fed to a potted plant and watered regularly, will revive houseplants that have turned yellow in winter.

To get rid of ants in the lawn, mix a pound of coffee grounds in 1 quart of hot water and pour this on anthills. Red ants, which make big hills, will require a big dousing.

Use grounds around the top of the soil in houseplant pots, or mix it with potting soil before planting and your plants will love it.

Use steeped grounds and a cotton swab to touch up furniture scratches.

To get rid of bad refrigerator smells, dry your grounds on a cookie sheet and place 1/2 cup in a small open bowl on each shelf.

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