tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257330.post-85352074103896900172008-03-28T14:40:00.000-04:002008-03-28T14:40:00.000-04:002008-03-28T14:40:00.000-04:00I didn't crush my eggshells last year, and now I keep digging them up everywhere. They are slow to break down. Our family seems to produce a lot of eggshells and tea bags.<BR/><BR/>This year, I started saving our shells separately and drying them (unwashed). I read several suggestions that scattering them around plants deters slugs. And I sure do have slugs (not bears, thankfully). Worst case, it does nothing and the shells break down faster.<BR/><BR/>My 11 year old daughter enjoys grinding them up with a mortar and pestle for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com