Waste of good mulch!
Our guinea pigs wee on newspaper, stacks of at least 10 sheets of newsprint,
which must become quite nitrogenous. ATM I throw this out as I have no time for hand-shredding it to make mulch. What are my options? Can anyone recommend a heavy-duty paper shredder that would take slabs of 10+ sheets with the odd piggie poo on them? Would a mulcher work? I've heard you can put newspaper in worm farms, but would the 100 broadsheets a week be too much for them to munch through? Most of our other scraps go to the chooks, so I'm not entirely sure what else the worms would get. All experiences and suggestions welcome. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
Waste of good mulch!
"Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-413591.12114015092007@news... Our guinea pigs wee on newspaper, stacks of at least 10 sheets of newsprint, which must become quite nitrogenous. ATM I throw this out as I have no time for hand-shredding it to make mulch. What are my options? Can anyone recommend a heavy-duty paper shredder that would take slabs of 10+ sheets with the odd piggie poo on them? Would a mulcher work? I've heard you can put newspaper in worm farms, but would the 100 broadsheets a week be too much for them to munch through? Most of our other scraps go to the chooks, so I'm not entirely sure what else the worms would get. All experiences and suggestions welcome. We used just add newspaper to the compost heap and then use a garden fork to punch lots of holes into each bundle (~ 1 local paper thickness interspersed with vege scraps / lawn clippings etc)... it sped up decomposition and let the worms get between the layers quite easily. No where near the volume of paper you are talking about though. Amanda |
Waste of good mulch!
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"Flowergirl" wrote: We used just add newspaper to the compost heap and then use a garden fork to punch lots of holes into each bundle (~ 1 local paper thickness interspersed with vege scraps / lawn clippings etc)... it sped up decomposition and let the worms get between the layers quite easily. No where near the volume of paper you are talking about though. Yep -- we get six SMHs a week, though a lot of that goes into the piggie cage. The rest goes into the recycling. Problem is, they can't recycle the piddled-on paper! I might try ripping up this week's lot and throwing it into the chook run. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
Waste of good mulch!
"Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-413591.12114015092007@news... Our guinea pigs wee on newspaper, stacks of at least 10 sheets of newsprint, which must become quite nitrogenous. ATM I throw this out as I have no time for hand-shredding it to make mulch. What are my options? Wouldn't it be easier to shred it first. You can tear quite a few sheets at once when dry and its more appealing than wet. When its wet straight into the compost. David |
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