What do you do with your ash.

The Retention Basin down the road

I spread a large amount of them on a patch or wild strawberries last fall. This year, those berries were the most abundant I have ever seen them. The rest of my pellet ash went on the lawn and around the garden. My hope was to make the soil gritty so the slugs and snails would stay out. Didn't really work out well. Too rainy of a year. Needed to apply ashes after every rain. By mid June, my ashes were all gone. Kept my pellet ash in a metal covered trash can. Trash can kept on concrete outdoor patio.

jonwright said:

that right there warrants a "WTH?"

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Easier this way.

I save some for cleaning my glass. The rest goes poof into the woods.

back into the original packaging and into the land fill.

Makes a great garden and tree fertilizer, so I pick a different spot every time I empty out the pan. By Spring time, I've deposited a decent amount of ash throughout our gardens and around every ornamental tree. Avoid spreading ash around pines and spruces as conifers prefer acidic soil -- ash raises the pH of the soil.

Garden.

They make some kick-ass fertilizer. I wondered why in the heck some annuals I planted were doing so well and then I remembered all the ash I had dumped in the part of the flowerbed over the winter.

This year they will go into my new veggie garden.

Salty said:

YOU TOO?

PJPellet said:

Sprinkle on my potatoes

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I think McCormack brand already has this seasoning available

I plan to collect it in a trash can, then spread it on the lawn/plants during the warm season.

Ashes go into the garden or into the compost bin

My wife, aka Madame Defarge, always used ash from the fireplace to supplement the soil around her lilacs. Anyone know if pellet ash has the same or similar content?

RKS130 said:

My wife, aka Madame Defarge, always used ash from the fireplace to supplement the soil around her lilacs. Anyone know if pellet ash has the same or similar content?

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And news of the lilacs, Jacques?

No news!