[sausagesandcash]

Anyone got any views on shredded paper from an office as bedding instead of, or in conjunction with straw?

[garden cottage]

using it for chickens and geese works well need to top it up frequently, and its free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hilarysmum]

Used to use it for the horses.  It tends to fly away when moving it to the compost heap

[shetlandpaul]

hose it down when you have dumped it or it will get everywhere. our council does shreaded newpaper and its ok but the pigs perfered straw

[sausagesandcash]

Might see how I go with half n half.

[Jackie]

Great for the raised beds and to add bulk to the compost heap

[sausagesandcash]

Can't ask for better than something free that serves two purposes! We  hope to put the veg garden back in the spring!!

[little blue]

Depending how wet is gets,
we use it in chooks nesting boxes, pigs and rabbits 9cos they have a special 'toilet' area) but only as a topper on wood shavings in the goat shed as they wee on it and it clumps together and is a pain to scape up!
Good as compost, we encourage junk mail and I some from work (as long as I know there's no staples in it...)

[molly2]

I've been thinking about this but am a bit worried about the toner chemicals?

[sausagesandcash]

Darn, hadn't though of that.

[doganjo]

I have a small household shredder for all my own sensitive stuff - old bank statements, letters etc.  I used the shreddings for my pups with no ill effects that I know of.  The way this brat tries to ambush his poor long suffering mother I doubt there are any!

[sausagesandcash]

As bedding perhaps, but in a raised bed.....what nasties would get into the lovely veg?

[doganjo]

I would think they'd be well washed away with OUR weather