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Sara Hesikova

5 ways to use tea bags in the garden to protect your plants and help them grow

An ourdoor bench made from wooden crates with a teapot on top and a tea cup next to it.

Tea is ingrained in British culture, many of us will happily indulge in at least one cuppa a day, if not more. But while most of us bin our tea bags even before the first sip, there are several ways to use tea bags in the garden and turn them into a useful substance for your plants and more.

The growing sustainability movement has meade repurposing food waste into natural gardening supplies one of the biggest garden trends at the moment. And used tea bags, or in some cases loose-leaf tea as well, are one of those things that can be very useful in the garden, instead of being thrown in the rubbish. 

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