Getting rid of ash in the garden or on snow?

[Stentor]

What if you dump old ash from a pellet stove in the garden or on grass or on snow?

I clean out the ash from the pellet stove and dump it safely in an old 50 gallon drum where it can stay for a month or more. It's safe and the ash is completely out. At the end of the season, do you put it in the garden? Or just dispose of it like regular garbage? Pellet ash looks so fine that I don't see how it can provide traction on snow and ice.

This is not a super important question, as long as I make sure the ash is safe. But the other posts I found are more about avoiding a fire with "new" ash just cleaned out than using the "old" ash. Do people just put ash into the garbage?

 

[woodsman23]

I dump it right from the pan into the garden.

 

[BJN644]

The garden is great, and your lawn. It will raise the pH of the soil like lime so don't concentrate it in one area.

 

[smoke show]

once the snow melted you couldn't even tell this ever happened.

 

[Kittery]

At my town dump/recycle center they have a large 'container' for ash. It usually has fireplace or woodstove ash in it, so I take my pellet stove ash there and dump it in. I have no idea what they do with it from there.
I've often wondered what the ash would do to the Ph level of the soil in the gardens and lawn. If it's helpful, then it sounds like a good idea. I guess I'll have to test the soil.

 

[tinkabranc]

I spread the ash around in the flower beds throughout the winter.

 

[Souzafone]

I dump the ash pan right in the garden, then spread it out. It has to be spread or else it cakes up and isn't absorbed.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

my roses love it , but dont overdo it, add about 8 inches away from the root ball in a ring( you do not want it against the root ball) , work in in the spring but you do not need to go deep no more than 2 inches , less is fine, spread the leftovers across the lawn.

 

[MainePellethead]

I put all my ash in my compost throughout the winter....

 

[woodgeek]

Ok no pane, I'll ask...

Looks like you shoved a leaf blower, in reverse, into the top of your stack, and then brushed the thing from below....right?

How'd that work out for ya?

 

[MainePellethead]

LOL LOL.... I was going to ask as well....lol looks pretty cool to me. lol

Ok no pane, I'll ask...

Looks like you shoved a leaf blower, in reverse, into the top of your stack, and then brushed the thing from below....right?

How'd that work out for ya?

 

[WoodMann]

Hmm- so if I dump enough of it concentrated then my weed problem will be solved...................

 

[sinnian]

I spread it all over the lawn throughout the winter. I have a lot of oaks and pines, so the lawn needs all the help it can get.

 

[smoke show]

Ok no pane, I'll ask...

Looks like you shoved a leaf blower, in reverse, into the top of your stack, and then brushed the thing from below....right?

How'd that work out for ya?

works good, brush it from the top down first, then suck it all out with the leaf blower. Did that first then pulled my combustion blower and it was clean. After burning 3 tons.