There is a trick that you may not know: putting newspaper in the garden. Find out why you have to start doing it too. .

Putting newspaper in the garden can be a cheap trick that can save the life of your plants.

NEWSPAPER SHEETS: DO NOT THROW THEM AWAY, SAVE THEM FOR THE GARDEN

Instead of throwing away old newspapers, save them and place them in the garden. Working in the garden is not an activity that goes on vacation. On the contrary, you always have to think of new tricks to preserve plants and make them more beautiful and healthy.

Among them, the trick of placing old sheets of newspaper in the garden stands out. It is a remedy that our grandparents used and, therefore, almost free and undoubtedly very sustainable.

Why do it

Newspaper sheets can be useful for doing what is called mulching. Mulching consists of covering the exposed roots of plants , whether shrubs or vegetables, to protect them from weeds and pests.

After all, weeds, especially in summer, grow a lot, and it seems that the more we want to eradicate them, the more they appear. The idea of ​​wanting to use chemical herbicides , toxic substances that could undermine your plants and harm both those around you and biodiversity, would immediately come to mind .

To avoid this, place the leaves where the roots emerge. First, however, you will need to water the area affected by weeds. Then, use the sheets of newspaper, which will also be moistened. This way, they will remain firmly on the ground without moving even when it is windy. You can also add an additional layer of soil.

Periodically, the newspapers will have to be watered again. On top of the newspapers, you will place the usual mulch made of cut grass, dry leaves and sawdust. In this humid environment that will be created, the newspapers will decompose little by little, creating the ideal environment for the proliferation of the best microorganisms, beneficial for the health of your plants.

Of course, you may not like the aesthetics of your orchard or garden at first, but you will see how your plants grow without the shadow of a weed. Once you have perfected this method, you will perfect it and put it into practice more and more, year after year, season after season, to always have a prolific and perfect garden. Testing is believing.