HAPPY SUMMER!

We’ve been busy running around with friends and family, enjoying the June showers and hot days lazy in the pool, tinkering in the garden, composting melon rinds, and relaxing in the shade.

The rains are prompting huge growth in the edible garden and the lawn stuff on the front of the house, but sadly some of my poor-draining potted onions have drowned. But we slog on, starting new bitty onion sprouts from the storebought onions, and trying to figure out where to plant our bush beans and make the garden critter-proof.

Right now my entire front porch smells of StarBucks. I’ve got a bunch of tropical low-maintenance plants adorning the porch and drive, mixed in large pots in a combination of composted soil and coffee grounds. Yum. I love the smell of coffee, but never got used to the taste. Now I can smell it all summer long.

The first time I hit the StarBucks on my commute, they had been simply tossing grounds into big garbage bags. Since then, we’ve gotten used to each other, and I pick up a few bags regularly every few weeks. I have been saving the old foil bags but haven’t brought them back for re-use; I’m not sure if they’ll let me.

Anyone have ideas for re-using these? I’ll be out on the porch, watching the kids play and enjoying all that coffee flavor.