A used tea bag can be used to give a little more
flavor to dinner by using it to marinade meat and give it a
savory taste. Just mix with the marinade for adding a bit of
flair to your dish.
Tea helps to speed up the decomposition process of organic
matter. For non-biodegradable tea bags, you can slit them open
and use the moist tea leaves in your compost.
Roses love it, and so do houseplants and garden plants like
ferns; tea makes a nutrient rich fertilizer with its tannic acid
and nitrogen-boosting properties. To use as a fertilizer, you
can brew up some tea or mix damp black tea leaves into the soil
or spread it around the base of plants.
Bug bites and stings
can be treated by using a cooled tea bag as a compress to
relieve itching, sting, and inflammation.
With poison ivy or
sunburn, you can either use the compress method, or make tea to
add to lukewarm water in a bath and soak up its healing
properties.
Rodents and cats do not like the smell and bugs and slugs can be
kept at bay with some tea leaves sprinkled into the soil. Use
dry tea leaves or a moist bag that’s been cut open. It is
thought that the caffeine can keep pests from eating or
urinating on your garden.