My friend Lee recently sent me a link to an article touting the efficacy of using cotton balls in houseplants to improve water retention in the soil as well as the transfer of water slowly to help ...

Cotton balls are made from pure cotton fibre. They are incredibly light because most of their volume is just empty space filled with air. Cotton is a natural plant fibre made of cellulose.

Gardeners have been urged to place cotton balls around their gardens in the ... mice and rats are known to cause damage by chewing on plants, burrowing in soil, eating seeds and causing contamination.