What's a good use for ashes???

[jay3000]

I generate about 100-150 gallons of ashes per year. I usally just scatter then in the woods or in the yard.. What else can you do with them??

 

[fossil]

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/20188/

 

[JPapiPE]

Ashes make for excellant traction if you live in snow country. Or so I have heard. Sounds kind of messey if you use them in your yard though.

 

[begreen]

In moderation they are good for the garden. But don't use for acid loving ornamentals like azaleas and rhodies.

Or you could use it to make lye for soap:

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[jay3000]

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/20188/

Thanks.. I knew it had been dicussed. I just couldn't find it..

 

[stanleyjohn]

I have a large mulch garden!I throw ashes in that.

 

[RedRanger]

Or simply put-"ashes are a poor man`s lime"..

 

[PAJerry]

If you keep chickens (I do now) add some ashes to their 'dusting' areas in the run to help reduce any parasites they might have. Old time practice that's been proven to work.

 

[JBinKC]

I am not sure how industrious you intend to be with it. It can be used as a pH raiser and potassium enhancer for soil. It can be used for ice traction. You could make an ash hopper and extract potassium hydroxide from it. Potassium hydroxide is used in soapmaking or as a drain cleaner or if you have an efficient way to desiccate it as a catalyst in biodiesel production.

 

[begreen]

If you keep chickens (I do now) add some ashes to their 'dusting' areas in the run to help reduce any parasites they might have. Old time practice that's been proven to work.

We have a cat that loves to "dust" himself in wood ash.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

If you keep chickens (I do now) add some ashes to their 'dusting' areas in the run to help reduce any parasites they might have. Old time practice that's been proven to work.

We have a cat that loves to "dust" himself in wood ash.

hope its not a white one, or its now a gray one.

 

[BurningIsLove]

If you keep chickens (I do now) add some ashes to their 'dusting' areas in the run to help reduce any parasites they might have. Old time practice that's been proven to work.

We have a cat that loves to "dust" himself in wood ash.

hope its not a white one, or its now a gray one.

Mine too....gray on the top, white on the bottom. After rolling in the ash, gray everywhere. Hopefully he isnt licking up too many heavy metals/toxins after washing himself clean.

I throw a lot of the ash in a wide swatch over the lawn to offset the acidity in the soil that comes from the rain/snow/ferts.

 

[ControlFreak]

I throw the ashes on the leaf pile from the fall cleanup. Then in the spring I till it all into one big mix. By the fall, there's some very nice composte.

 

[Bill]

The hill tribes of Thailand mix ash with bark and brush there teeth with the mixture, say good bye to pearly whites, and say hello to coal colored teeth.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

I use it as an eye scrub. I rinse them out with vinegar after. Really gets the grime off your eyeballs.

 

[Jags]

I use it as an eye scrub. I rinse them out with vinegar after. Really gets the grime off your eyeballs.

AND cataracts.

 

[Wet1]

Good for toothpaste too...

 

[billb3]

mix a little with water to make a paste and you can clean woodstove glass doors or, go into the silver polishing business
or mix some of that with animal fat and boil it well and make soap and take a bath.

 

[Drifthopper]

I use it as an eye scrub. I rinse them out with vinegar after. Really gets the grime off your eyeballs.

LOL....Too funny....you guys need some cold weather so you's can start burning.