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Hollow egg shells make nice cups for starting your seedlings. When they’re ready, plant the whole thing in the ground. Egg shells provide calcium carbonate to the soil.
Before and after laying eggs, mother birds need more calcium. Sterilize your egg shells by baking them at 250 for about 10 minutes so the shells are dry but not brown. Crumble them and place in a feeder or just on the ground.
Use empty bread sacks to store dry goods such as beans and pasta or keep an empty bread sack in your car to reuse for collecting recyclable items such as papers and empty water bottles.
When peeling potatoes, you can roast the peeling. Wash and dry peelings thoroughly, mix with 2 tablespoons of butter and olive oil for every six potatoes. Add your own flavors; chives, paprika, sea salt, etc. place on cookie sheet and roast in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Stir once. Nothing wasted.