To use eggshells for plants as a nutrient boost, just crumbling them up isn't enough, according to a plant care expert. While you can put eggshells in your compost bin, you may have heard that you can ...

Eggshells are a popular folk method for growing healthy, vigorous garden plants like tomatoes. But is there any proof to back up those benefits? Here's a look at whether eggshells are good for plants, ...

The next time you crack an egg in the kitchen, save the shell. Eggshells contain important nutrients that can enrich your compost pile or feed plants, including tomatoes. Using eggshells on tomatoes ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Tossing eggshells in the trash is throwing away a great gardening resource! Instead, put those shells to work for you next growing season. First, a heavy sprinkle of ground ...

Eggshells have many garden uses. They can help nourish the soil, change the pH, and kill pathogens. However, they're not ...

Eggshells are a serious environmental problem—with an estimated seven million metric tons of eggshell waste produced every year. That's roughly equivalent to the amount of plastic waste that annually ...

A gardening expert shared how you can use a common kitchen scrap to ward off snails and slugs from eating your plants, ...

Now that spring is here officially, most of us are scurrying about outdoors, intent on making garden beds ready for ornamental plants, herbs and vegetables. There are numerous gardening tasks that ...

Before you toss your eggshells, it’s time to give them a second shot. Eggshells used as fertilizer for your garden can benefit the soil your plants use to gain essential nutrients, aiding rapid growth ...

For as long as I have been gardening, there has been a tip I have come across at least once a week: the idea that a ring of crushed eggshells placed around plants is an effective, natural barrier to ...