Homestead Tip #2: Drying egg shells.

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This is a really simple tip. once you have used your eggs, put the shells into a heat safe metal pan/tin

 and place them on top or to the side of your wood stove.(or in your oven on a low temp for 25 min.)

Before you know it they will be dried and ready to grind down into a usable form.


I do this daily, because we use a lot of eggs.

We feed them to our chickens and use them in the garden.

Here are a few links on the subject;

30 ways to use Egg shells!

6 Reasons to start using Egg shells in your garden!

How to Make Calcium using Egg Shells