A Use for Eggshells

We eat a lot of eggs! I didn't want to keep wasting our eggshells, so I put them aside and looked for something I could do with them. Then I found the perfect use for our home.... put them in the garden!

It seams that you can drop a scoop of crushed egg shells into the hole before you add your plants. This is especially good for tomato plants as they require lots of calcium in the soil. And eggshells are made of.... calcium!

You can also drop them into your compost pile.

To crush the eggshells, I used my mortar and pestle.

These are the shells from 1 dozen eggs

All crushed up

This medium freezer bag holds the shells from 10 dozen eggs.

Once I finished crushing my eggshells, I put them in a freezer bag to keep in the freezer for the rest of the Winter (I did this in December). I may do a couple more bags up before planting in the Spring.

I will be sure to provide an update after I plant my garden to report on using the eggshells!!

Let me know if you have a favourite use for eggshells....