"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/26/2014 4:39 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>> Not only
>>> are they good to eat, the shells are good for the garden soil.
>>>
>>
>> I eat a lot of eggs too. Probably more than most folks. A typical
>> breakfast would be a fried egg on an English muffin or toast. What I
>> have decided to do is avoid eating stuff that you're supposed to eat for
>> breakfast at breakfast. Eggs are a logical choice to ditch.
>>
>> I don't toss egg shells outside. Do the shells dissolve? That's pretty
>> strange.
>
>
> Break up the shells and rake them into the dirt. Yes, they decompose.
> There are a lot of natural soil amendments Coffee grounds, banana peels
> and fish heads help fertilize too.

I have read that they do decompose but they must take a very long time. I
emptied a compost bin last week which had been working away for a couple of
years and the shells were still whole The coffee grounds, peels etc all
work well for me.



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