How Do You Use Eggshells In The Garden?
Before you throw those eggshells onto your compost pile, consider how you might use them to enrich and beautify your garden. Follow these steps. Rinse out the two halves of eggshells left over from cooking and place in a container until you accumulate enough for your project. If your eggshell shatters, save the pieces anyway as there are ways to use bits of shells in the garden as well as the whole shells. Create natural seed pots by making a small drainage hole in the bottom of an empty eggshell half. Fill it with potting soil and put it in an open egg box. Sow your flower or vegetable seeds and care for them as you would any other seedlings. When they’re ready to transplant, squeeze the shell gently to crack it and place in the ground. The plant roots will push through the cracks in the shell which will decompose naturally. Fight off various garden pests by using cracked eggshells in your garden beds. Working bits of cracked shells into the soil can help repel cutworms. Sprinkling th
