We love eggs; they’re delicious, versatile, nutritious and inexpensive. Another reason to love eggs is for how useful they can be apart from eating. Should you find yourself hard-boiling eggs for egg salad, deviled eggs or just for salads, consider using the shells for seedling cups and the water for the rest of your plants. That’s right: the water you boiled eggs in becomes enriched with calcium from the egg shells and can be reused as a healthy supplement for your greenest housemates. If you let this water cool (don’t scald your plants!), you can use it to water your indoor or outdoor plants. Giving your greens a healthy drink without turning on the faucet is a great use of all three R’s and a good excuse to perfect your egg salad recipe (yum!)…

Thanks to Shwana for suggesting this tip!