Re: Paper?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Paper?
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:16:55 -0600 (CST)
> I'd be hesitant to compost any paper other than newspaper and I've not been
> really successful with newspaper either. I do know a woman who is our
> local vermiculture guru (that means that she is farms worms) and she uses
> shredded office paper (any color) for worm bedding. I don't think I'd use
> slick paper, but the printer/copier stuff should be fine.
>
> Good luck and have fun shredding. It is also great for stuffing packages...
I shred any non-glossy paper (including stuff from my laser printer) and
spread it out *under* my cedar bark walkways. It decomposes quickly and
seems to attract worms and other critters. I don't do anything glossy,
gummy, or plasticine.
As a side note, I've found that putting things under my bark walkways is
a good way to get rid of them when the compost heap is too full. Every
year I get rid of many tarps full of leaves that way... The walkways
are springy for a couple of weeks, but after a while then compact.
This is slowly leading to slightly raised walkways from which I can
rotate out soil with the beds.
Chris
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