leaf mold
Example Sentences
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I've got three ingredients in my potting compost: one-third compost, one-third rotten down leaf mold, and one-third loam that I've got from molehills in my field is perfect.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022
The soil will benefit from a little cultivation and a top dressing of compost or leaf mold, which is then scratched into the soil.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2021
We’re used to adding organic matter in the form of compost, leaf mold, peat moss or some similar amendment to make the soil loamier, but in older times a pasture was often the source.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2015
If you have soil with lots of sand or clay, you can improve it by adding organic matter such as peat, leaf mold, or composted manure.
From Southern Living • May 19, 2010
Where I saw nothing but leaf mold and dried twigs, he saw camouflaged beetles, motionless lizards, invisible spiders.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
