This what I have collected since 10/18/11
I heard its good to spread out in the veggie garden, whatta think?
I heard its good to spread out in the veggie garden, whatta think?
Ditto: I use it in the vegetable garden, and on the lawn to raise PH. Soils in the northeast are generally below neutral in ph due to the significant rainfall leaching the calcium away. it's best to test the ph and apply accordingly.FarmerTan said:Good for the garden, but will raise pH. If you have areas on your lawn that grow moss better than grass, they're acidic. Ash will help that. It also has lots of potassium (potash), and that will help your vegetable plants to flower. Too much can harm things too, by making the pH too basic.
stee6043 said:Holy smokes. How much wood have you burned? That right there is about five years worth for me. Seriously.
maple1 said:T
I save all mine for when the driveway is icy - works great for that. .
infinitymike said:maple1 said:T
I save all mine for when the driveway is icy - works great for that. .
Doesn't that make the driveway really dirty and mucky where you end up tracking it in the house? Or does it just disintegrate?
infinitymike said:This what I have collected since 10/18/11
I heard its good to spread out in the veggie garden, whatta think?
Seems like a reasonable amount of ash to me.
I use some broken pallets for kindling. Occasionally some nails get into the mix so I'm reluctant to use it on the lawn. Works well on the garden beds.
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maple1 said:infinitymike said:maple1 said:T
I save all mine for when the driveway is icy - works great for that. .
Doesn't that make the driveway really dirty and mucky where you end up tracking it in the house? Or does it just disintegrate?
The only time any gets tracked into the house is the very odd time when I might sprinkle some right outside the door on an icy doorstep. Even then it is very minimal, hardly noticeable, and stops at the mat just inside the door. It will actually sink into the ice as it gets working (only takes a little bit of sun on it) and gradually disappear. No muck at all, works way better than salt and won't corrode concrete. Try it - I think you'll like it. Start close to the road if you're leery. Just be careful not to toss a shovel full into the wind when you're spreading - can leave a bad taste in the mouth.
goosegunner said:My Econoburn would take months to collect that much ash. But I bet it is because the Wood Gun Cyclone captures it. The other boilers blow a lot of the fine ash right out in the exhaust stream.
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Gasifier said:Mike,
I see some larger pieces in your ash. I think that is why you may have more than some. All of it should be very fine if burned well. May be because the wood is wet. And I guess it would depend on what kind of wood we are all burning as well. I would estimate that I have about 3/4 of that Ash amount you have and I have been burning since October 1. Had colder temps and have a larger heat load. I have been through between 9-10 face cord so far. I am glad it has been mild so far this winter. :lol: I think my original hope of going through 20-24 face cord a year may be off a little if we have a "real" winter. I may end up using 26-30 face cord with a cold one.
As far as using the ash on your garden, it is good for your veggies. I did remember something about your wood source though. You said at one time you were using hardwood flooring scraps. My brother is in the hardwood flooring business and he also custom builds hardwood stair cases, some cabinets, etc. Whenever we empty his wood dust collection system in the shop, or he empties his ashes from his woodstove, he has to dump the ashes into the garbage, after they have cooled of course, if he has planed, jointed, molded, or burned any wood with any finish on it. As long as the wood had no finish on it, or he has not done any work with P.T. wood, it all goes into the garden. Ash and wood dust/chips.
There is some nasty chemicals in some of that stuff. Don't want to be eating it. :lol: Have a good one man.
Gasifier said:What is a face cord?
According to the North Eastern Yankee Institute of Wood Technology, a face cord is considered the one and only correctly measured unit of cord wood! It is 24 feet long, 12 feet high, and 36 feet deep. And we stack it like that as well. Us Yankee folk do it the only way, the right way.
Gasifier said:What is a face cord?
According to the North Eastern Yankee Institute of Wood Technology, a face cord is considered the one and only correctly measured unit of cord wood! It is 24 feet long, 12 feet high, and 36 feet deep. And we stack it like that as well. Us Yankee folk do it the only way, the right way.
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