Tea bags are ideal for composting, but spent tea leaves can also be added directly to your garden soil in small amounts. As they decompose, tea leaves release important plant nutrients and can even ...

If you drink tea daily, reconsider tossing out those used tea bags. Tea leaves contain nutrients beneficial to plants when they break down into compost. Tea can also function as a pest repellent or ...

Instead of discarding used tea bags, put their acidity, tannins, paper fibers, and dried plant material to good use around ...

A lady holding a basket full of different vegetables harvested from her garden. Americans have revealed the most unusual hacks they use to help their gardens thrive, including using white vinegar as ...

FARGO - I used to think my dad was strange for sprinkling used coffee grounds on the soil of our house plants. Turns out, used grounds are loaded with nutrients that keep plants healthy. Tea can serve ...

The average tea drinker in the U.K. goes through about four bags a day -- that's nearly 1,500 tea bags tossed in the trash each year. No wonder so many people wonder whether those bags can be ...