My egg shells just get crushed and thrown in the compost bin.

Leave ‘em whole and they take a age to breakdown, so crush ‘em first.

Spreading around plants does deter the slugs a bit, but nothing is truely effective in keeping snails off yer lovely leaves. I have hostas that look like lace curtains..!!

Oh, tell me abou t it! I keep trying with different quantities and size of shells fragments but they always seem to get through. I’m starting to think slugs can jump AND fly when there are tasty seedlings to be eaten.

I haven’t tried this but apparently you can use them to get tea/coffee stains off the inside of thermos flasks.

Just crush the (clean) shells up really small, then put them in the flask with some water and shake it up. The grains of shell are abrasive enough to remove the stains but won’t damage the lining - apparently.

As regards the hostas. Try this.

Mine are now in pots, not in the ground.

I have smeared vaseline - or rather, cheap £Shop petroleum jelly - all over the rim of the pot. And the slugs slide off - well some do..!!

Grind up the shells, add to some vinegar until saturated, boil until reduced by half, and add any sort of alcohol. Use the resulting gel under you chafing dish or in your votive holder instead of buying Sterno. A bit of salt in the vinegar will turn the flame yellow.

Feed them to your dog to make the coat nice and shiny! Crush them up and add them into their food. Since they have been cooked, it is safe for a dog to eat. My dog gets whole eggs whizzed into his food regularly (drop them in the blender with some veg).

good on you Scott a bit of chem is always good but I thiuk the compost idea is the best

People used to wash them, dry them slowly in an oven and crush them up into a fine powder to add to foods so that they could up their calcium intake. Useful for the elderly and babes.

Wash them and try one of the following ideas :

Make flowerpots of them: http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=857b2e912b11f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=eggshell&rsc=header_1

or
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=865ec137bf22f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=eggshell&rsc=header_4

Make egg candles :
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f5ba87663b71110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=eggshell&rsc=header_3

Egg votives :
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=468b2e912b11f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=eggshell&rsc=header_12

my mother in law used to put them in a warm oven after baking biscuits and dry them out, and crush them and feed them to the chickens so they would have more calcium. If you don’t bake them first, the chickens will get a taste for the eggs and start eating their eggs, that is what she said.