2B ܂ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 ܂ APPEAL TRIBUNE
Mix leaves and coffee grounds
to spread over raised beds
Gardening
Carol Savonen
Guest columnist
Question: We took our fallen maple
and dogwood leaves and put them on
our 24foot by 16foot raised bed. We
put clear plastic over the bed to keep the
leaves from blowing away. Is that a good
thing to do?
Also we were given 9 bags of Star
bucks used coffee grounds. We were
told they are good for the garden. We
haven’t put them on it yet. So, would
they be good for the garden and flower
beds (roses especially)? If so, can we put
them on top of leaves? Or do we need to
take leaves off and put the grounds on
the soil, then add the leaves?
Answer: Yes, both leaves and coffee
grounds will be great organic material
for your raised garden bed. However, to
help them decompose more readily, I’d
recommend that you first shred the
leaves by running them over with lawn
mower. You might have to take them out
of the bed for this to work.
Then mix together the shredded
leaves and grounds back in your bed.
You could do it in layers—pile about 4
inches of shredded leaves, then sprinkle
an inch or so of grounds onto the shred
ded leaves, then more leaves etc. again
and again until they are all piled up.
Then cover the whole thing with your
plastic. Next spring, these will be way
more decomposed.
Coffee grounds are an excellent ni
trogen source for heating up a compost
pile or helping a leaf pile decompose.
They contain about 2 percent nitrogen
by volume, so they can be used as a safe
Check your local McDonald’s to see if they take part in a grounds recycling
program. JOHN SAMORA /THE REPUBLIC
substitute for nitrogenrich manure in
the compost pile, without having the
worry of pathogens in manure.
Contrary to popular belief, coffee
grounds are not acidic. After brewing,
the grounds are close to pH neutral, be
tween 6.5 and 6.8. The acid in the beans
is mostly watersoluble, so it leaches
Obituaries
Miller
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Bonita O. Tulare (Jones)
SILVERTON - Bonnie
Tulare passed away on
November 12, in Silver-
ton, Oregon at the age of
93. Bonnie was born on
June 7, 1925 in Toledo,
Oregon to Percy and
Selma Jones. The fam-
ily moved to Silverton
shortly after Bonnie was
born. Bonnie had two
brothers Percy and Don
and a sister Pauline. She married Chuck Tulare on
October 5, 1946. They settled in the Silverton hills
where they built a home and raised strawberries.
They had a son, Gary, on December 10, 1048.They
moved into town in 1960and lived on Steelham-
mer Street until 1964. Then they moved to Barger
Street on the creek in 1964 and lived there until
2016. Because of failing health Bonnie moved to
Davenport place on June 4, 2016. Bonnie was an
excellent homemaker, wife, mother, and friend.
She always cared about others before herself. She
was preceded in death by her son, Gary, and her
husband, Chuck. She is survived by her daughter-
in-law, Judy, a niece Donita, great-niece, Kara,
nephews, Randy, Rick, Larry, and Vern (Hallie),
her best friend Ruby Maulding and friends Rex
and Nancy Britton.
Thank you to Dr. Blount, Staff at Davenport
place and Willamette Valley Hospice for giving
such excellent care to Bonnie.
At Bonnie’s request there will be private ser-
vices held. Burial was at Valley View Cemetery.
Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel.
Nelta Fay Eggleston
SILVERTON - Fay (El-
liott) Eggleston of Sil-
verton, Oregon passed
away on November
12, 2018 at the age of
83. She was born in
Winfield, Alabama on
December 4, 1934. Fay
married Ron Eggleston
on September 26, 1955.
Fay worked as a CNA
for many years and
she received her GED
at age 60. She enjoyed
reading, quilting, cro-
cheting, camping, and
family.
Fay is survived by her
daughter; Cindy Stan-
ley (James Roswell),
her son; Robert (Linda)
Eggleston and Daniel
Eggleston, 7 grandchil-
dren, 10 great grand-
children and 5 great-
great grandchildren.
Graveside services
will be Friday, Novem-
ber 16 at 11am at Bel-
crest Memorial Park in
Salem.
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into the coffee we drink.
Uncomposted grounds have a carbon
to nitrogen ratio of 20/1. In informal
trials with OSU/Lane County Extension
Service, compost piles reached sus
tained temperatures of 140 to 160 de
grees for up to two weeks when coffee
grounds made up about 25 percent of
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But wait, there’s more.
As an added bonus, if the clouds
hold off, you can dig and/or rake for the
tasty bivalves under a nearfull moon,
which peaks on Nov. 22.
Before making the drive, be sure to
call the recorded Shellfish Safety Hot
line at (800) 4482474 to check on any
closures for both clams and crabs. The
information also is posted online at
https://www.oregon.gov/ODA/pro
grams/FoodSafety/Shellfish/Pages/
ShellfishClosures.aspx
Those hardy souls with heavy jack
ets and headlamps and/or lanterns
who are willing to brave the elements
will find:
Closest to Salem on Siletz Bay at
Taft just south of Lincoln City, there is
a minus.82foot tide at 7 p.m. on Nov.
23. Sunset is at 4:40, and moonrise is
at 5:32.
On Nov. 24, the low tide is minus
.98 feet at 7:43 p.m. with sunset about
the volume of material in the compost
pile. This sustained heat was enough
time to have killed a significant portion
of the pathogens and seeds. In contrast,
trials with a similar ratio of manure in
lieu of compost didn’t sustain the heat
as long.
Keep in mind that coffee grounds are
not a nitrogen fertilizer. Used grounds
should be composted before using near
plants. In a germination test by OSU Ex
tension in Eugene, coffee grounds were
mixed with potting soil at a ratio of 25
percent by volume. Lettuce seeds
showed poor rates of germination and
stunted growth compared to lettuce
seeds planted in potting mix without
coffee grounds.
Grounds may be stored for future
use. It doesn’t matter if they get moldy
as the molds will be killed during the
composting process. Paper coffee filters
may be composted with the grounds.
Check with your local coffee shop for
grounds. Starbuck’s has a policy of
making their used coffee grounds avail
able to gardeners. Check at McDonald’s
too. According to their website, they im
plemented a used coffee grounds com
posting program called “Good Neighbor,
Good Grounds” in 2015 to reduce the
amount of organic waste being sent to
landfills. Through the program, partici
pating restaurants rebag coffee
grounds and give them to community
members to use in their home gardens
or donate them to community gardens.
Carol Savonen is a naturalist and
writer. She is an associate professor
emeritus at OSU and tends a large gar-
den in the Coast Range Hills west of Phi-
lomath with her husband and dogs. She
can be reached at Carol.Savonen@ore-
gonstate.edu or c/o: EESC, 422 Kerr Ad-
min. Bldg., OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331.
three hours earlier at 4:39, and moon
rise at 6:21.
At South Beach on Yaquina Bay
(Newport), there is a minus1.35 foot
tide at 6:25 p.m. on Nov. 23 Sunset is at
4:41 p.m. and moonrise is at 5:33 p.m.
On Nov. 24, there is a minus1.63
foot tide at 7:08 p.m. at South Beach
with sunset at 4:40 p.m., and moon
rise at 6:22.
At Garibaldi on the north end of Till
amook Bay, there is a minus1.60foot
tide at 6:53 p.m. on Nov. 23, and a mi
nus1.84foot tide at 7:36 on Nov. 24.
Sunsets are at 4:38 on Nov. 23, and
4:37 on Nov. 24, with moonrise times
of 5:30 p.m. on the 23rd, and 6:18 p.m.
on the 24th.
And finally, on Netarts Bay south of
Tillamook, the Black Friday tide is a
minus.93 feet at 7:25 p.m. (sunset is
4:38, moonrise is at 5:31).
The Nov. 24 low is minus1.11 feet at
8:08 p.m., with sunset at 4:37, and
moonrise at 6:19.
Henry Miller is a retired Statesman
Journal outdoor columnist and out-
door writer. You can contact him via
email at HenryMillerSJ@gmail.com
Elna Beneke
WOODBURN - Elna
Beneke, 94, passed away
peacefully, on Mon-
day November 12th, in
Woodburn, OR. Elna
was born on April 2,
1924, in Killdeer ND to
Christ and Esther Han-
son. She was raised on
the family farm with her
5 siblings. She married
John Heidt in 1946 and
had two children, Paulette and Barry. After they
divorced, she married Louis Beneke in 1956, had
one child, Kristi, and gained a stepdaughter, Linda.
Lou and Elna moved to Portland, OR. in 1962
where she worked as a secretary for Gibson Bowls
realty and was an executive secretary for General
Motors. They bought and ran a successful restau-
rant in Mt. Angel from 1976-1989. She enjoyed
painting portraits and landscapes, dancing, golfing,
and writing poetry. She was also very active with
the Sons of Norway, VFW, and her church.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband
(1996) and her siblings.
She is survived by her children, Paulette (Dan
Kucera) of Sheridan, WY, Barry of Gleneden Beach,
OR, Kristi (Scott Stokley) of Mt. Angel, OR, and
Linda (Bruce Michaels) of Dickinson, ND. Grand-
children Isaiah MacMenami, Derek Nelson, Jared
Nelson, Alex Stokley, Lauren Stokley, Kelli Michaels
Hall, Doug Michaels, Great Grandchildren, Lazlo,
Doc, Ethan, Tristan, Bryan, and Arabella.
Services will be held at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Woodburn, OR on November 28th at
11:00am. A luncheon will follow.
Gifts in Elna’s name may be given to Little Lambs
Preschool in care of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Unger Funeral Chapel in Mt. Angel is entrusted
with the arrangements.
Woodburn
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Woodburn coach Leroy
Sanchez
said. “We
moved the ball well. We
got into spaces. We
pressured
extremely
well. We didn’t allow
North Marion to play
their game.”
To make a run at a
fourth straight state
crown, Woodburn will
need a lot of underclass
men to step up. Seven of
its starters this season
were seniors.
But celebrating this
year’s state champion
ship is what matters
most for now.
Woodburn was mak
ing its seventh state
championship game ap
pearance in nine years.
“We tell these boys
it’s bigger than us,” said
Sanchez, a 2002 Wood
burn graduate and for
mer soccer player for the
Bulldogs. “It’s about the
community and the
people that believe in
what we’re doing.
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