Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hey Jude After reading this it makes me wonder if the old Swedes in my family added egg shells to the coffee grinds for calcium. Hummmm. Donna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry " wwjd " <jtwigg Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:34:21 vegetarian_ group < > Egg shells and slugs a.. Place egg shells in a circle on top of the ground surface around tender plant stems such as peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage to deter slugs and cutworms. They don't cross the sharp edges of the crushed egg shells. a.. http://www.mamashealth.com/garden/eggshells.asp Fight off various garden pests by using cracked eggshells in your garden beds. Working bits of cracked shells into the soil can help repel cutworms. Sprinkling them around the base of plants will discourage slugs from feeding. You can also place bits of eggshells on top of freshly planted seed beds to help protect the seeds from birds. Step4 Add eggshells to your garden soil when tilling it to give it an extra dose of calcium. If you throw your shells on the compost pile, you can also add the calcium to your soil as you work the compost in. " http://greenthumbs.tribe.net/thread/c0965930-d096-431d-acfe-f54de5478b26 Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 That's an interesting thought. When the shells are added are they put in the coffee filter with the coffee? Diana --- On Fri, 2/6/09, thelilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: thelilacflower <thelilacflower Judy Egg shells, slugs and coffee " Vegetarian Group " Friday, February 6, 2009, 8:48 AM Hey Jude After reading this it makes me wonder if the old Swedes in my family added egg shells to the coffee grinds for calcium. Hummmm. Donna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry " wwjd " <jtwigg (AT) frontiernet (DOT) net> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:34:21 vegetarian_ group <> [vegetarian_ group] Egg shells and slugs a.. Place egg shells in a circle on top of the ground surface around tender plant stems such as peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage to deter slugs and cutworms. They don't cross the sharp edges of the crushed egg shells. a.. http://www.mamashea lth.com/garden/ eggshells. asp Fight off various garden pests by using cracked eggshells in your garden beds. Working bits of cracked shells into the soil can help repel cutworms. Sprinkling them around the base of plants will discourage slugs from feeding. You can also place bits of eggshells on top of freshly planted seed beds to help protect the seeds from birds. Step4 Add eggshells to your garden soil when tilling it to give it an extra dose of calcium. If you throw your shells on the compost pile, you can also add the calcium to your soil as you work the compost in. " http://greenthumbs. tribe.net/ thread/c0965930- d096-431d- acfe-f54de5478b2 6 Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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