5-Minute Craft: How to Sprout Seeds from Eggshells

This spring, recycle your cracked eggshells by using them as adorable-and earth-friendly-starter pots. Just poke a few drainage holes in the bottom of a clean, empty shell with a needle, fill with soil, then sow and tend seeds according to packet instructions. Once your seedlings are ready to be transplanted outside, you can even work the calcium-rich shards right into the dirt. Easy, right?


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