phone books?

Does anyone know, offhand, if the pages of last year's phone book might be OK to layer or add to my beds?

I think its basically newsprint paper. Maybe hard for the bugs to get in unless you shred it though.

I collect and use the shredder paper from my job as a bedding layer. Actually, I'm finding the confetti cut would work better than the 1" strips. The strips make a sort of "Mat" which gets in the way when I try to turn the pile. I have to be careful not to dig too deep, or it snags on my fork. The confetti cut would provide a layer that could be totall picked up in the turning. I move the entire pile first, and then redo the bedding layer and put everything back in. I also collect used coffee grinds from work at a rate of one 5-gallon bucket per week. I make a trench down the center of my compost pile and chuck in my veggie/table scraps and the coffee grinds. The earthworms have set up a deluxe, penthouse, all-inclusive condominium in that compost pile! They LOVE the coffee grinds. I started with a few scrawny worms, and now I have a whole community of the biggest, fattest, healthiest worms a fish every laid eyes on!

Now. How to keep my fisherman husband out of my compost pile....

Thank you, ladies.

Gymgirl give him a few. One of these days I am going to get the guts from my neighbor when he fished and bury them in the compost pile. I read one time someone actually puts them through the blender first. Yuck...no thank you. I would rather have critters dig in my pile and stir it up so maybe I don't have to.

I fish a lot - to the point I've got a campground-type fish cleaning table built in my side yard. It has running water, a sink, a chute, plug-ins for electric knives, overhead lights, the works.

Unfortunately, I had to quit composting fish parts. I wish I could, but burying fish in the pile attracts animals that dig it up and drag stinky fish pieces all over the yard - raccoons and neighborhood dogs, mostly. Even worse, using finished compost with fish in it caused nighttime animals to dig my garden up.

I had a lot of damage from that.

Strike those remarks from my post and fish guts from my compost.

Thank you before I Made a terrible mistake. My gag reflex works great just on imagination and my nose can smell my doxie after she rolled in it.

I see why they blend it.But not for me. I will stick with a little store bought fish emulsion and I I have a 135 gallon tank and I place the filters in plant pots. my 22 inch fresh water shark fills them really fast.

But that is all my plants need.

Thank you. I would have had a terrible mess.

Blessings,

Sandy ^8^