Anti-Snail Eggshell Sprinkler System

I planted vegetables this summer and the snails ate them! Because I don't like killing anything, I used to periodically collect the snails at night in a bucket then take them up to the top of my street where there is a park, and dump them out. Hedgehogs even began to gather in anticipation of my arrival.

All in all, this system didn't work very well. The snails just did their homing pigeon routine, and seemed to acquire an even bigger appetite. In the end I gave up, and let them eat away.

Folk kept telling me that crushed eggshells are a very effective deterrent, and I believe them, so I bring you The Eggshell Sprinkler System.

It's a bit like one of those hand held, cheese grating devices. A little hopper feeds a rotating drum that masticates the contents, which fall simply fall out the other end. (see link)

The main differences are: The Eggshell Sprinkler System has a heating element in the storage hopper - this dries out the eggshells, so that they don't cling to the apparatus. There is also a flexible extension tube, to deliver the fragmented contents to ground level, so that you don't have to stoop down to get under the spreading leaves.

The delux version has a control gauge to allow for adjusting the pressure of the crushing roller system, to create a coarse, standard, or fine particle.