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11/08/2011
My compost pile includes eggshells. However you use the egg inside (baking, hard boiled etc) you let the shell air dry. Actually I let pieces dry on egg cartons. Then put them in a zip lock bag and smash them up with a rolling pin.
How do I compost eggshells properly so I don't add any disease to my soil? I am new to composting. I do not have organic eggshells to compost. I've read about so many eggs having disease.
If I hardboiled eggs, then I put the eggshells in the compost because the eggshells have been boiled. However, many times I use eggs out of the shells, so I have been washing the eggshells in the dishwater and rinsing them clean after I am done doing the dishes.
What is the appropriate way to handle eggshells for compost use?
By Carol L. from South Bend, IN
By frugalsunnie
11/08/2011
I just rinse them out and then crush the shells into small bits before adding them to the compost heap. Crushing them speeds the decomposition.
I hadn't thought of the disease factor, though. No-one has ever got sick from eating anything I've used compost on but we never use anything raw from the garden either. I think if you wash salad veg, and cook other veg thoroughly, anything grown in the compost you should be OK.
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