14. Keep Pests Away With Eggshell
Supplies required: broken eggshells
Cost to Make: $1.83 per carton of eggs* Every gardener is aware that protecting your plants from creepy crawlies is a regrettable necessity if you want to see optimal growth from them. Because of their crunchy texture, eggshells are actually useful for keeping pests away. They don’t cause any harm, and the fix is shockingly easy.
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Break eggshells into tiny pieces and distribute them over the soil’s surface. When crawling over the fragments of these shells, cutworms, slugs, and other insects find it unpleasant and will move on to softer ground instead of your garden. Pests are very selective about where they trample. Who knew?