Ash Disposal

lefty1955 said:

Just wondering what everyone does with their ashes how the dispose etc.....

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lefty1955, I put them in this small ash can (bought at the local hearth store) then take them outside and put them in this 30 gallon Galvanized can which I run a bungee cord from side handle through the top handle back through the second side handle.


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Tin can until they are cool, then I spread them on my lawn and garden. As with fertilizer, too many ashes will kill stuff. But a little ashes are good just about anywhere. I throw them in an arc so they spread out a lot. I do it evenly all over my acre. I never manage to cover it all in a year, and by the next year I can start over. My lawn is very lush!

Ditto what Patapso Mike said... I'm a little more retentive in that I shake mine out out of the ash bucket (after cooling several days) onto the lawn to get a nice, even spread pattern.

I always put my ashcan in the driveway for a couple of days to cool. I let my friend borrow my truck and she nailed it. Flat.

I dump them in my out door fire pit til they cool. What doesn't burn down or blow away I scatter in the field, well provided I didn't burn anything with nails in it, if I did it goes out to the swamp.

Let them sit a week or two to make sure they are 100% cold and I dump them in the trash. Nails, staples, etc in there so not going to dump it in the yard, and if I dump in the woods behind the house I'll probably end up driving right over it knowing my luck.

Garden, gravel driveway and icy walkways...careful though they will track into the house. To cut down on the tracking we broom off the ashes off about 8' from the door once we spread 'em.

I spread mine in the field by the house. In the spring I use a magnet on wheels to get any nails etc. that I may have burned.

~*~Kathleen~*~ said:

I always put my ashcan in the driveway for a couple of days to cool. I let my friend borrow my truck and she nailed it. Flat.

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Well, that's one way. How well did they spread?
Could get a little expensive......you know, buying new buckets all the time and everything. :cheese:
Just messin', Kathleen. That sucks.

We store the ashes in barrels. Come spring then we spread them onto one of our vegetable gardens. You can also add them to flower beds. Whatever you do, make sure you spread them very thinly else nothing will grow there for another year and maybe 2.

For sure they are great on ice. Gives traction so one could carry a bucket of them in the car for emergency use. Also, dirty snow or ice will melt faster than clean snow or ice so having some ash on it will help it to melt faster.

I spread mine in the spring around the outside of my garden. Keeps the slugs away, they don't like to cross it.

Paper bag in the middle of the living room.

*I actually just changed HO insurance--one of the questions was: "Do you store your ashes outside in a closed metal container?" I was tempted to answer as above...

I've two 120 pound grease drums (about 3'x1.5') w/lids. They're big enough to hold alot of ash but small enough for me to lift up and put in the cart. It takes several weeks to fill each of them. By the time the second is full I figure the ash in the first is more than cool enough to dump out and start filling up again.

Carolyn

We dump them in a large 45 gallon galvanized trash can with lid. As far as what to do with them when the season is over... it's never a problem. We have a half mile long drive way, straight up. If anything, we're looking for more!

Metal bucket, bury them in the snow outside on the concrete driveway.

~Rose

PapaDave said:

Could get a little expensive......you know, buying new buckets all the time and everything. :cheese:

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I know it! She needs to be more careful in my driveway. It serves many purposes lol

Ash from the ash pan gets dumped into a 5-gallon covered metal pail that sits outside on a non-combustible surface (and during this time of year -- surrounded by snow) . . . after allowing the ash to build up and cool I either dump the ash on my garden (not a lot, but a bit), in the back woods or on my icy/snow-covered driveway . . . a large part depends on the time of year . . . for example during this time of year almost all of my ash gets dumped on my gravel driveway for the traction/melting . . . come spring time I will be putting more on the garden.

Goes into a covered bin, then after a few days of sitting out on the deck, preferably right after a snow or rain, carry into the woods a bit and dump. My bin holds about two weeks worth, so when it's about half full I start watching for proper conditions to dump..

I use the double metal trash can method... Dump in one, for first part of season.... When full move to second... Give the first a few weeks, spread on driveway for traction and ice melt. If no snow or ice I can just wait a month and dump some in compost pile, or at back of property.

Use on driveway, fling the whole bucket to spread on the lawn, on garden beds, as an ingredient in pottery glazes, have used it to make rawhide from a deerskin, as an abrasive to clean stuff (small amount)...

I sweep my ash in between the gaps in the stones on m patio, It does a great job keeping the weeds from growing and it is a nice uniform look.

Speaking of disposing of ash, what happened to the ash bucket forum, i cant post a new thread there anymore??

I'm going to save some and make some soap ashes are also great to put down on ice.

I put my ashes in the metal bucket I bought at Hom Depo. When it gets full I can't use it anymore, so I take it back for a full refund. Then I buy a new one.

Adios Pantalones said:

Use on driveway, fling the whole bucket to spread on the lawn, on garden beds, as an ingredient in pottery glazes, have used it to make rawhide from a deerskin, as an abrasive to clean stuff (small amount)...

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I tried that one time but was not satisfied with the results.