The Many Uses for Newspapers - Continued

Newspapers are used to help train dogs and cats.  Lay the newspaper by the door when you are trying to train a dog to go outside, you will find that the dog will pee on the paper. Having the paper by the door will help train the habits of the dog.  When you see the dog sitting on the newspaper, just open the door so they can go out.

If you like to garden, starting seeds indoors is easy and inexpensive using newspapers. While many gardeners will purchase the peat pots, you can use newspaper to make a few ‘cups’ to hold soil and plant seeds in the house.  Instead of having to take the plants out of the cups or containers, you can plant the newspaper right in the soil and it will add more nutrients to your soil for your other plants as well!  Just pull the ends of a newspaper together and tape lightly (you will need to pull the tape off before planting), squashing down the paper you will make a holder that will stand and hold dirt.

Newspapers are also a great weed control that is very inexpensive in the garden.  Lay newspapers along between the rows in your garden.  The newspaper will disintegrate into the soil adding nutrients for the plants while preventing weeds from growing.  You can’t use the colored glossy papers for this thought, just the black and white.

Another use for newspapers in on the farm, many farmers have been using newspaper to save money in the stalls for cows, horses, pigs, sheep and more. This soaks up the manure and is then scraped up and spread over the fields.  If you know a farmer that uses newspapers in his barn, they will gladly accept newspapers for recycling in this manner where at least the paper is being put to good use and not just put in the landfill.

Happy reading!