Re: eggshells
Wash egg well before using contents.
Rinse used egg shells (do not remove membrane)
Put shells in a gallon bag in freezer to store until it’s full.
Once bag is full, spread egg shells in a single layer on a cookie sheet & bake at 250 degrees for an hour - this totally dries them out & kills anything undesirable on shells.
Grind shells to a powder (food processor, blender, whatever you have that will work)
Powder can be used on food (people or animal/pets) as a good source of calcium - that membrane is a good source of collagen.
Powder can be used in garden for any plants that need calcium, such as tomatoes.
I do have how much powder = RDA for humans, but will have to find it - will post when I do.
For tomatoes, I usually plant with dried milk as the calcium source. Dried milk has gotten pricey (actually, it’s been pricey & sometimes hard to find) so I’m trying the eggshell calcium powder this year.
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Company coming tomorrow. My brother has been unable to mow this past week & is currently out of town. This means that I am going to mow at least around the house today - in 2 weeks since last mowing, grass & weeds are 8-12” tall already after rain & some warm days. It will be “interesting” .... getting on/off & how well I can tolerate ‘sitting’ - might have to find a way to prop the old leg up a bit - I have ideas.
Gathered my courage & looked at the garden yesterday - depressing. Lots of weeding. I am going to see what I can manage next week. I need to plant some things, too.
Bluebirds everywhere! Saw a bright blue male giving his lady friend a treat this morning - they were sitting on the fence together when I looked out the kitchen window. I’m not sure what boxes they’re using, but if I’m outside more next week, I should be able to spot them coming & going. Hummer feeders going out after I mow - we have yellow pine pollen everywhere & I don’t want the feeders covered/clogged because the mower will kick up a cloud.
Happy Easter to all!
Egg shells..... A step further
If you take your ground up shells and put them in a 5 gallon bucket, and add a 2 to 1 ratio of white vinegar (by volume) to shells and get, at first, a lot of foaming! But if you let it sit for a day the CO2 will be gone and you will have reduced the shells to calcium with a bit of phosphorus and water that tastes a bit vinegary. pour off the water and use on your plants. (Do this in a green house and let the plants harvest the CO2 that you released!)
Just a tip for those starting out with this, either use a glass container or a plastic one you do not care about.
The egg shells will tear up the plastic inside of what ever you use.
“...might have to find a way to prop the old leg up a bit - I have ideas.”
Unless there are pictures, it didn’t happen, LOL!
Per this article, 1 tsp = 800 to 1,000 mg calcium
From link:
Research suggests daily supplement dose of 1,000 mg of calcium and 600 mg of vitamin D can counteract the effects of osteoporosis. However, it is said that older adults might benefit from a slightly higher dose to reduce the risks of fractures and falls.
About 1,300 mg suggested by “Osteoporosis Australia”.
https://morelifehealth.com/articles/eggshells-calcium
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My elderly mom just got a DEXA scan that is a mix of osteopenia & actual osteoporosis so we’ll be doing eggshell version of calcium along with a bunch of other nutritional things she’s either on already (Vit D) or we’re adding plus weight bearing & resistance exercises - no Big Pharma drugs.