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leaf mold

noun as in compost

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noun as in ground cover

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I like to use purchased composted leaf mold and aged manure, which, in my experience, are reliably free of weed seeds.

An annual top dressing of compost or leaf mold will help keep a redbud happy.

When he reached the woods along the creek he ran, keeping as much as possible on thick leaf mold that left the least impression.

Prepare the earth by mixing some well decayed leaf-mold with rich garden loam, thereby making an earth which will retain moisture.

All succeed well in loam and sand in equal parts, adding a little leaf-mold in the case of the small varieties.

Cyclamens may be grown from seed sown in April or September in soil containing a large proportion of sand and leaf-mold.

It was half-buried in the leaf-mold and moss, though the rain of the previous night had washed it free in one corner.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to leaf mold, such as: fertilizer, humus, and soil conditioner.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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