Revitalizing Soil With Paper
This article comes to us from Sandra Avant and the Agricultural Research Service. While it’s
- Published: 1 year ago on February 3, 2020
- By: Guest Contributor
- Last Modified: May 18, 2020 @ 12:27 pm
- Filed Under: Pasture Health, Soil
- Tagged With: Agricultural Research Service, Carbon, Paper, Sandra Avant, Soil amendment, soil health, Sustainability
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Sounds good, but what keeps the stuff from blowing away?
Good question, Kirk. I added a link to the final report that describes how the paper was collected, pulverized and applied. They spread it and then disced it in. I also added a couple of pictures from that report showing vegetation regrowth. Thanks for helping me improve the piece.
Good thermal mulch. High carbon content. Easily available thru recyclers and the Boy Scouts, church paper drives. Good bedding that costs a few pennies a pound. Free bedding if you can find a hard copy publisher of newspapers, magazines, or books. Excellent for the kids’ fish worm project. Loosens tight soil, stabilizes sandy soils. Helps drought-proof sandy soil. If close to a company that shreds documents, they deliver it, free of charge. The list goes on.