What Is The Role Of Eggshells In Making Compost?

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Patricia Bass

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Bin, Barrel or Pile

Materials from both the GREEN and BROWN categories are required

Indoor Greens
(higher in Nitrogen than Carbon)

Veggie scraps

Hair or fur

Bread

Coffee & tea grounds

Indoor Browns

Potatoe peels

Paper items

Fireplace ash

Dryer lint

Outdoor Greens

Grass Clippings

Vegetabel leaves

Livestock manure

Outdoor Browns

Fallen tree leaves

Sticks and limbs

Cornstalks

Eggshells

Made primarily of calcium carbonate

Considered a BROWN usually

Eggshell Benefit to Compost

Calcium is needed for plant metabolism

Helps the green color look rich and healthy

Eggshell pieces provide air pockets to provide the aerobic environment needed by microbes for making compost

Eggshell Cons to Compost

The eggshells just sit there

Contain very little water so do not reduce quickly

Easy and Simple Solution

Wrap eggshells in paper and crush them up into tiny bits

Provide a slightly acid mix-higher nitrogen level - for even quicker breakdown

Worms digest eggshells

Enrich The Earth
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Garden composters

Composter tumbler

Compost bin tumbler

Rainbarrels

Don't wait

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