Saving Eggshells for the Garden
grow/cultivate/harvest/preserve
What a great way to use your egg shells! Most of the year the shells go right back to the chickens for them to get a snack of calcium. However before the garden planting season I’ll start saving, drying, and crushing up the egg shells to use in the garden. It’s really easy and adds quite a bit of nutrients to each of the plants. I recommend using eggs from chickens fed an all natural diet preferably an organic diet. What they eat helps build their shell which then will be going into your soil and feeding your plant. Something to keep in mind.
I add a tablespoon for each Tomato Plant, Eggplant, and Pepper Plant. I also add in 1 table spoon of epsom salt.
How to do:
Saving Your Eggshells for The Garden
After using your eggs your left with the egg shell- simply save these shells by placing into a container without a lid to dry out on your counter. Collect enough shells to fill up a baking sheet.
Note: Do NOT tuck the shells into each other after cracking, this will make it very difficult to separate when you go to bake them.
1. Collect Shells
2. Spread out eggshells onto a cooking baking sheet in a single layer
3. Bake at 250 degrees F for 20-30 minutes. Timing will depend on how dry your eggshells already are.
4. Remove and let cool.
5. Once cool take a meat pounder and very lightly and easily crush the shells up. You can gather the shells up onto each other to help smash even smaller. You could also place in a food processor.
How to Use in the Garden:
When your planting your Tomatoes, Eggplant and Pepper plants you’ll simply place approx. 1 tablespoon in the bottom of your hole along with 1 tablespoon Epsom salt and place your plant and cover as usual.
Eggsshells Adds Calcium To Your Soil and
Feeds Your Plant!
Epsom Salt Adds Magnesium Sulfate to your Garden and Feeds Your Plants!
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