Hello!
I had a deliciously lazy day today!
One little job I did actually manage was processing up some eggshell.
I usually wash out my eggshells and let them dry on the sink overnight
They then travel to the cupboard to live in a newspaper box that soaks up any remaining moisture
Once dry I pop them into a jar where they get squashed down by hand every now and again to make room for more.
When the jar is full-ish I take to it with a blender and maybe finish off with the mortar to grind it up
I haven’t been quite this dilligent about this process in the past, but now I think I have enough shell grit to use in the garden, either as a calcium boost or a slug/snail deterrent.
Anyone else do something interesting with their eggshells that we should hear about??
Have a great day!
Cheers!
Once lived in house that was painted white and the soil around the house was full of paint chips, lead paint chips to be accurate. When I tackled the lead issue, discovered that I couldn’t tell the difference between soil with paint chips and soil with egg shells. From that point forward egg shells NEVER made it to the compost pile. Instead, egg shells were the top dressing in my raised beds. Don’t know if they prevented slugs, but sure made it easy to know where I stopped planting.
Enjoy
What a royal pain that must have been!!! Disaster!
I haven’t really had a good stash of shells prepared before to use, so will be first time using in earnest! I have read the slugs don’t like to crawl over the sharp shells. We shall see!!! 🙂
Love the newspaper box to finish drying them! I use the finely ground egg shells to clean the inside of bottles- add a spoonful with a bit of water and shake.
Great idea re bottle cleaning! I’ll give that a go! 🙂
I feed our eggshells back to the chickens. I put them in the oven while it’s preheating, then pulse them in the food processor and use it to supplement their oyster shell. They love it!
Thats a good idea – I should put a few spoonfuls into their next cake! 🙂 Thanks!!