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Do You Have Cabin Fever? Well Start Your Seedlings...
Don't throw away all those empty cardboard egg cartons or those cracked eggshells! You would be throwing out one of natures best seedling planters. Eggshells are filled with much needed calcium to give your seedling just the boost it needs to get its growing off to a good start before transplanting into your garden. Even better is that the planter is completely biodegradeable and even the cardboard cup can go into the soil to lessen the shock of transplanting on your seedling and the eggshell can be cracked and put right into the soil to help feed the new seedling in your garden.
All you do is save the eggshell and make a hole in the bottom of the shell for drainage. Place the eggshell back in the cardboard egg carton and fill the eggshell with potting soil and one seed. Just water lightly when needed. How simple is that? Here is another tip: If you need a lot of eggshells but don't know what to do with all the eggs, sramble them with a wire whisk and pour into sprayed ice cube trays and freeze till eggs are solid. Take the eggs out and break apart. Place the egg cubes into freezer bags and use 1 egg cube as 1 whole egg when baking. Make sure to thaw the egg to room temperature first.
