Egg shells...

We always put our egg shells in the compost bin. Sometimes I remember to crush them, sometimes not.Of course they don't break down in the composting process, so I always end up with lovely looking compost with large bits of egg shell in it.

No harm in that really, but it is a bit messy, and I was wondering if it makes the best use of them. So I have another (yes, another) cunning plan, to segregate them from the compost, crush them up, and then use them as slug deterrent for my plants. They should keep the blighters away a bit when the plants are wee, and provide phosphorus for the growing roots, then the earthworms will take them down later on. In theory.