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
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
Make leaf mold by letting piles of autumn leaves break down, and you won’t need bags of mulch.
From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2017
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
From time to time one or another would begin to scrape in the gravelly bank, or venture a little way in among the trees and nut bushes to scuffle in the leaf mold.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
