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I ran across this gardening tip for tomatoes:

Tomato plants prefer acid soil. Adding used coffee grounds helps increase the acidity of the soil.

That is great news since I recently followed up another tip that I reported on in the spring: Starbucks provides the gardener with free coffee grounds. Read all the Starbucks coffee for Gardens info here.

That’s right- I went to Starbucks and they gave me a bunch of coffee grounds! I was so excited. I usually only have the pittance from my own coffee maker that goes into the compost pile, but now a whole bagfull to dig directly into my garden:)

Another hint is to keep cut basil fresh by putting it in a jar of clean water. I guess that one is obvious but I never thought of it!
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I was a garden blog pioneer, and began writing on this blog in 2003. Before that I had begun a garden website that has been at its own domain since 2006, Ilona's Garden.

I still love writing, gardening, and art after all these years, although travel and grandchildren have become a big part of my life, now.

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  1. Ki says

    I’ve been putting coffee grounds on my blueberry plants but needed to get much more than what we produce and wondered if I could get some from Starbucks. Now I know. Thanks for the tip and link.