Adding coffee grounds to your garden is a simple and inexpensive way to give your plants a boost.

The grounds are rich in nitrogen along with other nutrients. Phosphorus, potassium, and other micronutrients can benefit plants. Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth that helps plants grow strong roots, produce green leaves, and create fruit and flowers. Phosphorus and potassium are also important for plant growth. It helps produce more flowers and can help to resist disease.

Coffee grounds also improve the structure of garden soil. They can help sandy soil hold onto water and nutrients, they can improve the drainage of clay soil, and improve other soil structures, like moisture retention, and aeration. Coffee grounds add organic matter to the soil, which helps improve its ability to retain water and nutrients.

In addition to improving the quality of your garden soil, coffee grounds can also deter pests. Coffee grounds repel slugs, snails, ants, and many other common garden pests. They can also deter deer and rabbits from eating your plants. When used as mulch, coffee grounds can help keep weeds at bay.

If you have access to used coffee grounds, don’t throw them away – add them to your garden!