This year I am only growing jalapeño and Portuguese peppers. I'm getting a small crop, peppers are not too hot yet, but they are still green rather than red yet. When I eat eggs for breakfast I am grinding up the eggshells and pouring them on top of the soil.
The other day I noticed that the egg shells seemed to have disappeared from the plants. I thought they must be getting absorbed into the soil with all the rain we have had. Then I noticed a blue jay from my window. Closer inspections revealed it was eating the eggshells that I had scattered across the plants. Apparently they eat them for the calcium. Things I would never had noticed had I still went to work every day.
