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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> One of my cousins turned me on to mulching with newsprint. She got a a
> shredder at a garage sale, but you don't really need to shred it to
> mulch. You can just rip it up. I hadn't thought of using it for
> nesting material before. Good idea.

Chris uses our cheap office shredder to shred all our junk mail, 
credit card aps, etc. along with miscellaneous office paper and we 
use it, mixed with planer shavings, in the bucket toilet.