When your pot of coffee is cold and you are about to make some more, don't throw the liquid and grounds away. They could come in useful.
- A small amount of coffee grounds mixed into the top soil around house plants acts as a fertiliser
- Coffee can be used to cover light scratch marks on a wooden surface. Adjust the strength to get the right shade, or keep adding another drop, or two until the colour matches.
- Sprinkle coffee to deter ants
- Rinse red hair with coffee to give a glistening, healthy look to the hair
- Place a bowl of dried coffee grounds at the back of he refrigerator. It will work as a deodorizer.
- Leftover coffee will clean a grill with very little effort. It's the acid in it that does he job.
- Add a teaspoon of strong coffee to spaghetti sauce. It adds colouring and makes the sauce less acidic. This is a good idea if you are using store bought spaghetti sauce.
- A mixture of orange peel and coffee grounds spread around plants will keep cats off your plants
- Add dried coffee grounds to carrot seeds before sowing. This protects against some pests and gives a better crop,
- If you have a real fire, spread the ashes with wet coffee grounds before taking them out. This stops the dust going everywhere.
