leaf mold

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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

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

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

We marched purposefully down her little path to the lettuce bed by the gate, where she knelt in the leaf mold and began punching holes in the ground.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver