Did you know that coffee grounds contain nutrients such as nitrogen, magnesium and potassium?
Ah, coffee! This drink so beloved by Brazilians not only warms the heart but also offers a hidden treasure after its preparation: coffee grounds.
Much more than just a simple residue, coffee grounds hide countless secrets for taking care of your home, garden, and even the beauty of your hands.
Let’s discover how you can use this brown gold in ways you never imagined!
🌿 For the Garden: A Green Ally
- Keep Insects Away : Sprinkle coffee grounds around the aromatic plants in your garden. This creates a repellent layer that keeps these unwanted pests away, keeping your plants healthy and protected.
- Against Slugs and More : The texture of coffee grounds is unpleasant for slugs and can even interfere with the route of ants and attacks by certain pests in your garden. A special trick for your strawberry plantations!
🐾 Be careful with pets
Coffee grounds contain caffeine, which is toxic to pets, so use it with caution and keep it out of reach of your four-legged friends.
🌺 Plant Nutrition
Although coffee grounds contain nutrients such as nitrogen, magnesium and potassium, they are not a complete substitute for fertilizer.
However, adding it to the soil can enrich the soil with nutrients useful for plant growth.
🏡 Eliminating Odors
To eliminate unpleasant odors from bathrooms, try mixing coffee grounds in warm water and pouring it down the toilet.
Wait a few minutes and flush. You’ll be amazed at how effective it is!
🌼 Improving the Earth
Incorporating coffee grounds into the soil of your crops helps prevent the formation of compact crusts, facilitating water absorption and making plants more resistant to drought.
💚 Gardening with Coffee Grounds
In addition to the benefits already mentioned, coffee grounds can be an excellent component for your soil, helping to enrich the organic material that will feed your garden in the future.
🖐️ Skin Care
Coffee grounds are an effective natural exfoliant. Use them to exfoliate your hands after gardening, removing dirt and dead skin, leaving your skin softer and more rejuvenated.
🌱 Bonus Gardening Tip: Radiant Flowers
Now, a golden tip for orchid, lily and geranium lovers: watering your plants with the first water from rinsing the rice can bring surprising results, revitalizing them and promoting splendid flowering. Don’t forget to try it!
