Used tea bags

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Judi wrote:

It may reduce your bags, but i would be afraid that my eyes would turn brown due to the tannin in the actual bags. Have you noticed the brown stuff that tends to cling to the side of cups after you have had a cup of tea? Well knowing my luck, i would look like a panda.

actually i still do this now, i leave themovernight in the fridge, and they are just damp when i put them on, occaisionally they do leave a bit of brown, but i just wipe that off with cotton wool dipped in cold water. if your in a rush 2 teaspoons in the fridge/freezer for 20 mins then on your eyes for a couple of minutes also reduces puffyness around the eyes.

GreenFingers_2

Most of my teabags go into the compost bin and are recycled into the soil that way, however I do have some acid loving plants such as Rhododendrons and Camellias. With these I just break the old tea bags open and scatter the contents about the base of the plants. These grow in the open ground so there is no danger of overdoing it.

With pot plants however a lot more care is needed, as an excess of tea concentrated in a pot will harm the plant. For example I would suggest the contents of no more than half a dozen used tea bags per year in a large 15-inch pot containing, say, a 2 foot tall azalea. It also depends upon the type of potting soil you use.

The leaves of your Camellia should be a really nice, wonderful, glossy, dark green. If the leaves are a lighter green and perhaps have brown spots also then its time to give it some tea….

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cathy wrote:

fuse wire through the top of each one

earings

tea bag jam

tea bag chutney

lighter and more easy to stack against doors if floods threaten than sand bags

make a model Jabba the Hutt

patchwork quilt

anymore ideas??

Cathy I am sitting here giggling about the thought of making a patchwork quilt wwith used tea bags .Thanks for the smile

tootles_2

String em up to dry and use them again!!!!!

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tootles wrote:

String em up to dry and use them again!!!!!

Don't chuckle tootle I can remember doing that waaaay back in the 1960s when my OH and me and 2 little sprogs had to live on buttons for awhile when he was unemployed.
They were disgusting ,but cheap. My daughter still only uses one tea bag for two cups of tea,I usually ask for coffee when I'm there,that somewhat stumps her.
Wasn't there a thread somewhere on here where an OS sent them to Africa to be made into crafts of some sort ?

superscotsman

Loose tea makes a better cuppa.
The compost heap is the obvious place for them. If you are having trouble with your next door neighbour...whittt!...over the wall!

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Boy am I glad i don't live next door to you, especially if i was sun-bathing.

superscotsman

JackieO wrote:

Boy am I glad i don't live next door to you, especially if i was sun-bathing.

The auld de'il next door doesn't like me living next to him either. But your posting has given me an idea. You can pour boiling water over them and make a fake tan lotion for the Victoria Beckham/David Dickinson look.

System

My son made some 'old' looking parchment by using paper and a used tea bag. He rubbed the used tea bag all over the paper so that it went all brown and 'old' looking, he tore round the edges to make it look jagged and when it was dry, he wrote a story on it. Bless him, he loved doing it so much we were drinking tea for a week. :snow_grin

in_my_wellies

We stopped buying teabags. A brew of loose tea in a tea pot only takes a second longer and costs less. I use a tea cosy and then we get a second cup for free!

PS Pottery pot is best but DH says metal - it does make a difference so try them both. (Bought from car boot sales for 50p)

Leaves go in the compost.