Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I recently moved to a new home and need to start all over again with preparing the soil in my garden.  The soil has a lot of clay in it and I need to work in some other stuff like peat to loosen things up and provide some drainage.  I also have a lot of old records to shred, and it occurred to me, why not work all of this crosscut shredded paper into the soil.  It is, after all, cellulose.  But what about the ink and is there any other stuff in there that may be harmful to my vegetable garden?  Any opinions or experience with this?

Richard

Hi... and welcome to the forum !

Records... Hmmm... dunno' if they are hand written... printed... ??  I know most newspapers used a non-toxic soy based ink... other printed materials... I dunno'... Bleached paper uses chemicals in processing... I've used shredded newspaper in my Organic gardening practices.. (non-ceritified home garden)... If in doubt (I am...) throw it out !...

Dave...

You know what I do? I use my blower vacume mode and pickup/multch the leaves off the lawn and then I spread the multch in the garden. My plants seem to be happy about it.