Using Newspaper keeps ground damp??
Hello - Does enough water go through the newspaper to keep the ground damp
underneath? It takes many years for a thick stack of newspaper to degrade in
a dump. I saw this on TV.
Cheers = Cajun Joe
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> At 12:31 AM 1/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
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> >I am curious if anyone has had experience with composting newsprint.
>
> I use newspapers to mulch in the vegetable garden. By fall, it is ready
to
> shovel under the soil, and is completely broken down by planting time next
> spring.
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>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
