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Lifestyle
Emily Smith

How to use cardboard in your garden: 6 ways to help plants, from enriching soil to preventing weeds

Picture of cardboard spread across a raised flower or veg bed.

You've probably thought about the ways you can use cardboard in your garden, assuming its only destiny is for the recycling bin. However, it turns out there are many genius ways it can help keep your plants happy and healthy.

There's always more room for sustainable garden ideas and learning ways to reuse household waste will forever be a w&h favourite. From using teabags in the garden to learning how to utilise banana peels for plant health, our household waste is often our garden's treasure.

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