Use eggshells in the garden to scare away slugs

Use eggshells in the garden to scare away slugs
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Crush eggshells and scatter them around your garden’s vegetables and flowers to fend off hungry herbivores, such as slugs, snails and cutworms without using toxic pesticides.

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Use eggshells in coffee

Use eggshells in coffee
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Add some crushed eggshells to ground coffee before brewing it to make it taste less bitter. When you’re done, toss the grounds and shells on your compost heap!

Use egg cartons to make ice

Use egg cartons to make ice
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You probably know to organise washers, screws, coins, twist ties, lost buttons and the like in empty egg cartons. But if you need extra ice for a party, fill the bottom halves of clean polystyrene egg cartons with water and freeze.

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