"nambucca" wrote in message
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"Gary Woods" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote:

Can one feed the shredded paper to the worms in a wormery, after
wetting it thoroughly?

Yes; works just fine. I got a couple of big bags of shredded stuff from
the (former) workplace's accounting department. Told the finance guy
the
worms would, please, like to have accounts receivable.
I wet it by dumping in the worm bin (plywood, with a couple coats of
urethane varnish) and sprinkling with the usual garden watering can with
a
"rose" on the spout. Takes several waterings over a couple of days to
get
well moistened, but very little effort. Scientific types can weigh the
paper and put it with the proper weight of water in a plastic bag and
seal
up for a few days.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G


Shredded paper of all kinds in a well mixed compost bin is fine ......just
add lots of buckets of urine the contents will rot down just fine

Also a layer of cardboard between each layer of grass , weeds, manure etc
is
great ......the worms love to make happy families in the layers of
cardboard
Once the compost is turned the whole lot rots down and disapears

I have been adding paper to the compost for years. I avoid the high gloss
magazine stuff as those are the nasty toxic inks. I also add the old oil
from the deep fat fryer which disappears with no trace. Used kitchen towel
is also a good. There is always the eternal argument about rats, but rats
will eat potato peelings apple cores etc so the only solution as I see it is
to have the heap as far from the house as possible and hope the rats stay
where the food is.