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Eggshells In The Garden

By Cynthia Sax on November 13, 2024

There has been a lot of debate recently in the gardening world around adding eggshells to the garden.

One of the arguments against it is that eggshells take years to break down.

I hopefully have years of gardening left. (grins)

I don’t approach the building of soil as a quick process. Heck, leaves takes two years to break down completely and they are AWESOME at building healthy soil.

Building great soil takes time.

Another argument is that eggshells can add bad stuff like salmonella to the garden.

I add eggshells at the END of the growing season. 4 or 5 or more months will pass before I plant in that soil. By then, the threat of salmonella is long gone.

I also place compost, a thick layer of leaves and some coffee grounds on top of the crushed eggshells (mostly to discourage Rocky The Raccoon from digging in the bed). That adds more barriers.

The benefits of crushed eggshells outweigh the downsides for me.

They are a great source of calcium and other nutrients. They are natural. The worms love them. Placing eggshells in the garden keeps them out of the landfill. And they are absolutely free.

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Preparing The Garden For Next Year

By Cynthia Sax on November 8, 2024

We rarely (as in once every 10 years or so) purchase fertilizer or amendments for our gardens.

We don’t need to do this. We’re fortunate that nature provides everything we need.

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I prep the vegetable gardens in the Fall/Autumn.

The first layer is a sprinkle of crushed eggshells. This goes on the bottom of the prep lasagne as to ensure it doesn’t attract Rocky the Raccoon or other critters. Eggshells are a long term investment. They take a while to break down. But we plan to have a garden for a long while so we’re okay with waiting. (smiles)

The next layer is compost made from kitchen scraps, coffee grounds, leaves and other yard waste.

Then we add a knee deep layer of leaves. Leaves are super rich in minerals and nutrients. They are GOLD for the garden and are the main reason why we don’t need additional fertilizer or amendments. We wet the leaves and we place large sticks on top of the beds to keep the leaves in place.

The final layer consists of coffee grounds we obtain from nearby coffee shops.

That’s it! (smiles)

The garden beds ‘rest’ all winter. They are covered with snow, are rained on, dried out, frozen, thawed.

And by spring, the leaves have turned into a layer of mulch, the coffee grounds and compost are neutralized and the beds are ready to plant in!

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