Comments on: Can I use newspaper in my garden?

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By: Jay Morris

Jay Morris — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:50:43 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:12:21 +0000

Thank you for this information! I have also wondered for some time if you can use glossy paper (from junk mail or magazines) in the garden/worm farm/compost. I have avoided it so far, but it's so easy to find it would be great to utilise it. Can you shed any light on this?

By: Morag Gamble

Morag Gamble — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:12:29 +0000

I don't use the glossies in the veggie garden. Firstly I find them too hard to poke holes through to plant my seedlings. Secondly, they take too long to break down and seem to smother the soil. I plant through the newspaper layer – with these holes, I feel this makes the newspaper layer far more permeable and the soil able to breathe.