Yeah they are great for compost. I would crush up the egg shells as much as possible though. They put calcium into the soil. We used to use pig blood around our roses when I was home. When butchering time came we just drained the hog and poured it directly around the roses. They loved it.
A few weeks ago I saw a local program that spoke about starting a composting pile. Coffee grounds and egg shells sound great to try. Here is what they used to start theirs. First they tore up newspapers into strips. They also used coffee filters. Next went in anything organic, but here is the important part – not cooked. So if you had fresh broccoli that would be fine to use, but you could not use it if it was cooked. Peelings from fruits and vegetables were fine. In a matter of weeks, they had a nice amount of soil ready for planting.
When I lived in Northern Ontario, we had a compost pile, as did many of our neighbors. We tossed cooked veggie left overs in there as well as the raw trimmings, peelings and rotten ones. Cooked or not didn't make any difference in break-down. Cooked has less of the good stuff than raw, but it's still better going back to the soil than in the landfill.
Originally Posted by Cracko'Dawn
You know there is a dry granular fertilizer called "blood meal" that's supposedly great for roses. A neighbor told me broadcasting it around the garden was a way to keep the cottontails out, so I used to do that. Of course you have to replenish it after each rain. I don't know about roses, but it sure did make the bermuda grass grow good around the garden.:laughing:
And I never bothered composting, but did like to throw the egg shells and coffee grounds into the garden and till them in.
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