Teabags- on your borders???

[parsnip/princess]

i remember as a small girl, playing in my grandads garden in petworth. And discovering around 300 teabags scattered all around his garden borders!!
As a child i thought this was just bizzare, and i still think it is slightly funny today.
Can anyone tell me why he may have done this? or was it just his old age seeping in on him lol xx

[Flummery]

Tea can slightly acidify the soil. Was he trying to grow camelias? I put them in the compost bin, but not on the soil directly.
You can use coffee grounds to acidify soil too.

[parsnip/princess]

I think they were mostly around roses?

[taff]

my mother waters her indoor-ish plants with what's left in the teapot

[Jeanied]

Maybe it was the emptying the teapot type thing to feed the soil and maybe zap a few aphis / control the odd fungal infection at the same time. I must admit I had only heard of teabags on camellias, though.