My neighbors were getting rid of these pallets and I was able to snatch them up before they hit the curb for trash day. I have been toying with the idea of building/buying a compost bin since starting up a backyard garden over the past few weeks and couldn't turn down the opportunity.
More info and pictures here, https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Famicoman/110561970446094158
Nice job! If you have any spare boards left over, consider making a box you can stand on to pee on the pile!
I have my own process for eggshells. I rinse them and collect them in a box under my sink. Every so often I take them all out, put them on a baking sheet, and sanitize them in the oven. 300 degrees for 8 mins I figure is plenty.
Then I take the nice, dry, brittle shells and grind them in an old coffee grinder I have. They turn into dust which I add straight into my vegetable garden. Composting whole shells doesn’t work that well, but this does the trick.
They don’t need to be chemically transformed. There’s plenty of good minerals right there as long as you can make enough surface area for them to be accessible.