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After reading
about the fact
that newspapers
in landfills dated
over one-
hundred years
old are still
readable; we
about the fact
that newspapers
in landfills dated
over one-
hundred years
old are still
readable; we
started the landscape practice of using our
old newspapers for landscape weed control
instead of groundwater polluting plastic
sheeting.
After transplanting a root bound potted
evergreen into a shaded part of our yard,
we layered the base around the tree with
newspapers which originally were headed
for the recycle bin. Next we just wet them
down so that they were firmly pressed
against the ground; then we covered the
edges with decorative landscape stones or
bricks and then covered the newspapers
with landscape surface dressing for a
professional looking finish.
old newspapers for landscape weed control
instead of groundwater polluting plastic
sheeting.
After transplanting a root bound potted
evergreen into a shaded part of our yard,
we layered the base around the tree with
newspapers which originally were headed
for the recycle bin. Next we just wet them
down so that they were firmly pressed
against the ground; then we covered the
edges with decorative landscape stones or
bricks and then covered the newspapers
with landscape surface dressing for a
professional looking finish.