{"id":526,"date":"2008-07-04T05:38:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T10:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=526"},"modified":"2008-07-04T05:38:01","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T10:38:01","slug":"random-nonphysics-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/526","title":{"rendered":"Random Nonphysics Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news134321442.html\">Coffee Grounds Perk up Compost Pile With Nitrogen<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>About 2 percent nitrogen by volume, used coffee grounds can be a safe substitute for nitrogen-rich manure in the compost pile, explained Cindy Wise, coordinator of the compost specialist program at the Lane County office of the Oregon State University Extension Service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people don&#8217;t want to use manure because of concerns about pathogens,&#8221; said Wise.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, coffee grounds are not acidic. After brewing, the grounds are close to pH neutral, between 6.5 and 6.8. The acid in the beans is mostly water-soluble, so it leaches into the coffee we drink. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Compost specialist program<\/em>?  Must . . . refrain from . . . making joke . . . about shitty education . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coffee Grounds Perk up Compost Pile With Nitrogen About 2 percent nitrogen by volume, used coffee grounds can be a safe substitute for nitrogen-rich manure in the compost pile, explained Cindy Wise, coordinator of the compost specialist program at the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/526\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}