Live ashes

[etiger2007]

Today for the first time since Ive been burning (3 years) I dumped my ash pail and my ash vac ashes into the outdoor burn pit (maybe because I havent been out there lately). My ashes have been sitting untouched on the side door patio for three days. Before I dumped them the thought came to me it would be easier and less of a hassle to dump them in the burn pit instead of slinging them into the woods or messing with a bag and having ashes flying into my face. So I dumped them and went about my business starting a fire for the wife, after about 10 minutes I happened to walk pass the sliding glass door and noticed smoke coming from my burn pit. I went outside to the pit and first poured my beer on the smoke to put it out and then I thought well that was real stupid so I went up front and grabbed the thing we use to water flowers and put the smoldering mess out. I just wanted to pass on another story of one thinking his ashes should be cold and they weren't, and thankfully I diverted from my normal practices today.

 

[bag of hammers]

Thanks for the sanity check. I posted here (can't recall the thread) about taking ashes from a cold stove (3 or 4 days since previous burn) outside and dumping in garbage bag. And setting the scrap in the garbage bad on fire. Everything now goes into a steel pail then out to a steel garbage can on cinder blocks (with lid).

forgot to add - good thing those ashes didn't go in the woods. Somebody looking out for you today...

 

[etiger2007]

Thanks for the sanity check. I posted here (can't recall the thread) about taking ashes from a cold stove (3 or 4 days since previous burn) outside and dumping in garbage bag. And setting the scrap in the garbage bad on fire. Everything now goes into a steel pail then out to a steel garbage can on cinder blocks (with lid).

forgot to add - good thing those ashes didn't go in the woods. Somebody looking out for you today...

In the woods or in the garbage, I heard cold ashes were great for grass and such thats why I would do that never again though. Im kinda the Super Dave of Hearth.com

 

[corey21]

Glad the fire did not get to the woods.

 

[Sprinter]

Thanks. I was having a hard time convincing the wife about this. I think she gets it now...

 

[Butcher]

You did what with yer beer?!

 

[Sprinter]

You did what with yer beer?!

I agree. That was an unforgivably wasteful act

 

[HotCoals]

You did what with yer beer?!

For sure that's alcohol abuse!

 

[Nickolai]

You did what with yer beer?!

I'm surprised it took this many posts for someone to mention the bad judgement call...you know....with the beer...
I would've personally peed on it...

 

[Dakotas Dad]

well.... I am confused... what is the purpose of said burn pit...? Why not just get a couple marshmallows and let her burn?

 

[etiger2007]

Well guys I promise I'll never use good Ol St. Louis Missouri water again. As far as why didnt I just let it burn, I just didnt want to deal with it at the time.

 

[Beer Belly]

Had a friend put his Ashes in a metal pail, and set it on his deck.....woke up in the morning to find the pail had burned thru the deck, and sitting in a charred hole.......now he sets it on a cement surface