Feed 'em coffee to be perky

I went to a great presentation by an organic farmer yesterday.  A couple of tidbits I'll pass along. Coffee grounds are one of the most overlooked soil amendments for organic farming.  Most coffee houses dump them out and will save them for you if you provide them a bucket.

• Save your egg shells, crush them up after washing, and sprinkle on tomatoes, they love the calcium.
  
• Beware of using grass clippings on your veggies, they could be loaded with toxins.
  
• Alfalfa pellets are good soil amendments, lots of nitrogen.
  

I whipped up a dozen seed starting pots this morning with my crazy new Potterfactory tool that is a newspaper pot maker.   I've been using the Ferry-Morse seed mix from Lowes labeled organic, and wet it down real good right in the bag it came in. The little Potterfactory compressor thing packs the seed mix down really nice, something the old wooden one I had wouldn't do.   The newspaper pots seem to be holding up real well and I'm anxious to plant the pots and watch them degrade.  I can taste the heirloom tomatoes already, eva purple ball (in honor of my mom) and true brandywine.