permaculture

["Jennifer Fairley" <jennifer@alabamagreen.com>]

i have used layers and layers of newsprint covered in leaf litter, then
threw rye grass on top to pull a clay area into a plantable area in just
two years.  Think this is a good idea, but the books may be too
thick....can you rip into pieces?  maybe toss the outer cover away as it
may have some weird product in the inks....
On Wed, June 28, 2006 5:03 pm, neshura said:
> I was wondering if anyone had ever tried using wet paperback books in
> sheet mulching.
>
> The reason I ask is...some of you may have heard about the floods
> along the eastern seaboard of the US. I lost my car and everything in
> my basement in a flash flood. I can't do anything about the car, but
> now I'm wondering if it would be reasonable to lay out a bunch of
> paperback books along the ground in a single layer, cover them with
> the wet cardboard they were stored in, throw a layer of leaf litter on
> top, and let the worms turn them into something useful.
>
> Is this likely to go horribly wrong? Am I just making a landfill in my
> own yard if I do this? Do worms prefer economics texts or mystery
> novels?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amanda Gilbert
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Jennifer Fairley

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