7 Best Tea Bag Uses In Garden

7 Best Tea Bag Uses In Garden

Before you toss another tea bag, must check out this post! Tea bags are not just for brewing tea, there are so many TEA BAG USES in the garden that can be useful.

Tea leaves contain around 4.15 percent nitrogen and other nutritions that nourish the soil. Tea leaves also improve soil structure and increase the drainage. Also, the tannic acid in tea leaves can mildly change and lower your soil pH, just like used coffee grounds.

1. Composting

Probably the simplest use of used tea bags. Tea bags are great to add to compost because they add nitrogen to the compost and also attract good bacterias. But before you toss your used tea bags into the compost pile, make sure they are not made up of plastic. If they are of plastic, slit open the bag and use tea leaves for composting.

2. Repel Pests

If you are looking for an organic way to repel pests, your used tea bags can help you. Simply brew a weak tea with old bags and use it to water your plants and also sprinkle on leaves. It is really a great organic way to deter pests and fungal diseases and also provide plants some nutritions in doing so.

3. Plant Food

Make your plants lush and happy with used tea leaves. Just tear open some tea bags and disperse the contents around the plants. Tea leaves will nourish your plants every time you water by increasing nitrogen levels, improving soil structure and giving earthworms something delicious to eat.

4. Feed your Acid-Loving Houseplants

Ferns and many other houseplants prefer acidic soil. Fertilize your acid-loving houseplants with used tea bags. Open up the tea bags and work used tea leaves into the soil in their pots. It will slightly lower the pH level and also provide your plants with some nutritions and minerals.

5. Speed up Composting

Brew a strong tea with used tea bags and after it had cooled down, pour the liquid and tea bags over your compost heap. It will speed up the composting process as tea leaves contain nitrogen and also make your compost acid rich slightly.

6. Natural Fertilizer for Potted Plants

Just brew a weak tea with used tea bags and substitute watering with it. Brewed tea leaves make a fabulous liquid fertilizer as they contain high levels of minerals, carbohydrates, and other nutrients that help plants to grow.

7. Give Roses a Boost

Roses love tea leaves. Slit open the used tea bags and sprinkle tea leaves around your roses to give them a boost.

Best Vegetables for Shady Garden

Best Vegetables for Shady Garden

Growing edibles in a shady space of your garden is possible, see the best vegetables you can grow in a shady garden.

Most of the gardeners have gardening space that is shady. They don’t want to grow just a few shade loving plants there, but something productive and edible. If you are one of them, we have made a quick small list for you— “Vegetables for Shady Garden”, which can be grown even in 2-4 hours of direct sunlight.

Generally, you can’t grow plants that bear fruits in the shade as they need a high amount of sunlight. Your options are defined. You can only grow green leafy vegetables.

Lettuce

Lettuce is not just for salads, there are so many lettuce recipes on the web if you search for. It is a productive crop that perks up quickly, it is the best option for a shady space as it needs cool surroundings, moist soil, and partial sun.

Spinach

If you love creamed spinach, spinach soup, and puree; why not grow it in your shady space. Spinach is a nutritious vegetable, rich in iron, sour in taste. It’s a must grow vegetable, it loves slightly acidic and moist soil and does well in 3-4 hours of sunlight. You can also grow spinach indoors.

Mustard

Mustard leaves are acrid in taste. You can make delicious curries of it and add it to your salads. It can be grown easily in containers. Mustard needs regular watering and at least 3-4 hours of daily sunlight.

Peas

Freshly picked peas are tastiest, so why not give it a try. You can even grow it in 3 hours of sunlight if you are living in a climate where the sun is hot and intense.

DIY Lamp Shade | How to Make a Lamp Shade of Twigs in 6 Steps

DIY Lamp Shade | How to Make a Lamp Shade of Twigs in 6 Steps

Learn how to make a lampshade of twigs in just 6 steps. Making this DIY Lamp Shade is easy and doesn’t require any skill.

This beautiful and cool looking lamp shade is made of something that is hard to imagine: A few twigs! The best thing about this is to do it is not particularly difficult and costs virtually nothing. And it is highly organic and natural when you use twigs. You can give this diy lamp shade as a gift on special occasions. If you have a garden you can use it there to decorate it on festivals, consider Christmas, you can also light your living room or bedroom with it, it looks wonderful.

Difficulty— Easy

Things you’ll need to make DIY Lamp Shade

Twigs

Balloon or a Inflatable Ball

Glue

How to Make a DIY Lamp Shade Step by Step

Step 1 

Blow up a balloon or take an inflatable ball and cover it with polythene. Now paste all the twigs as shown around the balloon. *Use glue gun for this if you have access to one.

Step 2

Do not attach twigs all the way around the balloon or ball. Lampshade should be open at the bottom so that you can insert a light source inside it later. For this, use a pot to hold the ball with convenience.

Step 3

Once the glue dry out, burst the balloon and remove all its remains carefully and polythene clippings if adhered to the twigs.

Step 4

For extra effect and to adorn the diy lamp shade, use spray paint to color it with a color like gold, silver or according to the color that’ll match your interior. You can skip this step if you don’t want to color it.

Step 5

Either use a bulb or battery operated candles as a light source, place your diy lampshade over it. When you’ll light the bulb, especially in the dark you’ll see the nice dappled shade of light.

Step 6

Now just place that at appropriate spot and enjoy your diy lamp shade or gift it to your loved one.