Caring for Roses Organically

"Robert Powell knows what do with this newspaper when he's done with it: shred it, compost it and let his garden eat it.

"What else are you going to do with a pile of newspapers at the end of the week?" Powell said after checking his compost pile for earthworms. "I try not to put the slick ads in." He likes the black-and-white pages best, and, apparently, so do the worms that wiggle over freshly turned soil peppered with decomposing bits of old news.

Shredded newspaper is just one part of Powell's organic gardening strategy. While his practices are not completely organic (yet), he's been moving away from synthetic fertilizers and sprays for the past two years."

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