Comments on: Of Eggshells and Calcium in Soil, Compost – Part 1

By: Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 7 | MamaStories

Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 7 | MamaStories — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:53:51 +0000

[...] plants. Here we finally meet the plant roots, and investigate how they take up water. Click to read part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4, part 5 and part [...]

By: Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 6 | MamaStories

Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 6 | MamaStories — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:32 +0000

[...] typed “soul” instead of “soil”, is it really a typo?). Click to read part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 and part [...]

By: Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 5 | MamaStories

Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 5 | MamaStories — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:03:10 +0000

[...] is part 5 of a series on how nutrients, mainly calcium, get into our soil and vegetables (click for part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4). It is the longest and most difficult part of my expose, and the least [...]

By: Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 2 | MamaStories

Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 2 | MamaStories — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:56:50 +0000

[...] This is the second article in a series on how calcium and other nutrients end up inside our vegetables, and on how to interpret certain soil test results. You can read the first part here. [...]

By: Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 4 | MamaStories

Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 4 | MamaStories — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:31:00 +0000

[...] (and into chicken eggs). We’ve had some cliffhangers already, so be sure to check out parts one, two and [...]

By: Ever wonder how calcium in eggsshells make it into your garden vegetables? « Indoor Composters

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:58:18 +0000

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By: Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 3 | MamaStories

Of Calcium in the Soil - Part 3 | MamaStories — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:46:05 +0000

[...] end up inside our vegetables, and on how to interpret certain soil test results. It is preceded by part 1 and part [...]

By: brooklinemama

brooklinemama — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:46:51 +0000

Ah, that’s another question I wanted to solve: how does the calcium get into the egg shell? I found out that calcium needs to be dissolved before it can be taken up by plant roots (but you’ll only get to hear that in the fifth of this series!). Does it also have to be dissolved to get into the *chicken*? Is crushing it up sufficient? Intriguing stuff!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:03:21 +0000

Very intrigued! This will be an excellent series.

I have to admit that I’ve given up on waiting for eggshells to decompose in the compost pile. We just apply the compost with the rest of the eggshell still in it. Now that I’m researching chickens though, and learning that laying hens need a good supply of calcium, I plan to dry the shells, crumble them, and feed them back to the chickens. The rest will just continue to go to into the compost I suppose.