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While eggs may be the delight of many home cooks, eggshells can be the bane of many home composters.

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While eggs may be the delight of many home cooks, eggshells can be the bane of many home composters.

I remember my reaction when I dug in to harvest my very first batch of finished compost. I was thrilled that all of my food waste and garden trimmings had magically transformed into a beautiful, brown, humus-like substance! All except the eggshells. Lots and lots of them, all still very recognizable. But I made some changes and I don’t find those big pieces of shell in my compost anymore. You don’t have to either. In addition to discussing the best way to add them to your compost, I’m also going to cover other ways of using them as a soil...