5. The smell of tea works on cats too: Sprinkle coffee grounds or used tea grounds around your garden to keep Fluffy from urinating on your favorite plants. You can do use this with indoor plants as well, recommends Earth911.
6. Your tea bags can grow a garden: Believe it or not, you can grow your own garden with used tea bags, seeds, a plastic tray, water and a paper towel. You’ll germinate your seeds with the tea bags and then plant them in the garden, according to the Kiwi Conservation Club.
7. Tea increases the decomposition of other items: If you use tea bags in your soil or compost pile, the acid in the tea can speed up the decomposition process of other things in the compost bin, which means you can use the compost faster.
8. Worms eat the tea leaves: Worms can safely consume tea leaves. Once they digest the leaves, they produce a more “nutrient-rich fertilizer output,” making your soil healthier for growing plants, according to VeggieGardener.
9. Tea bags help with water retention: Bury your tea bags near the root of your plants, flowers, and veggies to help the plants retain more water and stay healthier.
10. Tea bags help keep weeds at bay: When you bury your tea bags in the garden, they can help impede the growth of weeds (which means less work for you!).
