mulch, or as a weed suppressant ... to natural pest control—a win-win for gardeners. Many people bag their raked leaves and send them to landfills, which leads to environmental problems.

After all, leaf mulch can enrich your soil, help retain moisture, impede unwanted weed growth, and keep bags of leaves out of landfills. Leaf mulch is also cheap because the leaves are literally ...

In the study, researchers examined the differences in loose-leaf and bagged teas. They found cotton and nylon bags only adsorbed trivial amounts of the contaminants. The cellulose (or paper ...