This coming winter will be my first year burning wood and had planned on putting the ashes left over on my garden for fertilizer. Just wondering what everyone else is doing with their ashes.
I spread them over my lawn when it's not snow covered, generally just before it rains so the dogs don't track them in..or.. put them back out in the woods where they came from. Could make lye out of them.sixman said:This coming winter will be my first year burning wood and had planned on putting the ashes left over on my garden for fertilizer. Just wondering what everyone else is doing with their ashes.
jpl said:I spread them over my lawn when it's not snow covered, generally just before it rains so the dogs don't track them in..or.. put them back out in the woods where they came from. Could make lye out of them.sixman said:This coming winter will be my first year burning wood and had planned on putting the ashes left over on my garden for fertilizer. Just wondering what everyone else is doing with their ashes.
firefighterjake said:garden (but not too much to upset the balance of the soil)
Slow1 said:firefighterjake said:garden (but not too much to upset the balance of the soil)
How much is too much for a garden? I'm planning on putting some in my (about to be built) raised beds, but don't want to add too much of a good thing here...
Thoughts?
And for those spreading on the lawn - how do you deal with the chucks? Pick them up after a rain or just let them work their way into the ground over time?
sixman said:I would think that you could just take the buckets of ash and pitch them on the garden throughout the winter and till it all in real good in the spring and that would do the job. That gets some of the ash down in the dirt with no huge concentrations in any one spot.
rottiman said:I have a large driveway which has a noticable incline. Whenever we get an Icy day I spread them on the hilly part of the driveway. The fine woodash grips glare ice and the driveway becomes like a dry road in terms of traction. You want to make sure to keep them from any area that you walk thru to avoid tracking. Using them as opposed to melter or salt saves the driveway and the enviroment and the spring rains wash them into the ground. What I don't use on the driveway goes on the lawn.
Semipro said:rottiman said:I have a large driveway which has a noticable incline. Whenever we get an Icy day I spread them on the hilly part of the driveway. The fine woodash grips glare ice and the driveway becomes like a dry road in terms of traction. You want to make sure to keep them from any area that you walk thru to avoid tracking. Using them as opposed to melter or salt saves the driveway and the enviroment and the spring rains wash them into the ground. What I don't use on the driveway goes on the lawn.
I'm always amazed how well they work for this. Even a very thin layer allows you to walk or drive where you couldn't before.
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