barter for coffee grinds.

After reading up on the merits of used coffee grinds for soil improvement I approached my local garden centre café and asked if they’d be prepared to save up then give me their grids for six free range eggs each week from my small flock of chooks. No problem was the answer and every one’s happy.

Starbucks give them away free 

Yup, I pick up a bag every week. You dont even need to buy a coffee.

Oh my goodness I can't believe it's only just ocurred to me!  I have a friend who recently lost his job (a really lovely guy in his late 50s, highly skilled but nobody will employ him... but that's ANOTHER story...)

Anyway he's setting up a mobile coffee cart business and it had never occurred to me until this moment that I should ask him for all his used coffee grounds!

I have four systems going to dispose of organic waste at home:
1) Chickens (they arrive next month) [for most food scraps]
2) Worm farm [for food scraps that are not chicken-suitable]
3) Bokashi bin [for meat scraps]
4) Hot compost [for chicken litter/manure & bulky or poisonous garden plants]

The coffee grounds will make a great addition to the hot compost.  Thanks for the prompt!