Ash...is there a use for it??

[inkjunkie]

All you folks that cook with wood or briquettes.....do you just toss the ash on the trash? When I clean the BGE I end up with a boat load of small chunks, stuff that fell thru the holes on the charcoal plate. I normally just toss it all in the trash. While back we had some 70 mph winds and the can the ash was in went over....the pups discovered it and ate well....have always wondered if it is useful in a garden or some place?

 

[chance]

My ash from the woodstove or from the offset usually gets spread throughout the garden spot.

 

[chance]

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/wood-ash-can-be-useful-yard-if-used-caution

Sorry forgot to post link

 

[link]

I dump mine into the garden and then till it into the soil or in to the compost pile.

 

[inkjunkie]

I dump mine into the garden and then till it into the soil or in to the compost pile.

A friend set there compost pile on fire last year, the ashes from his stove must have still had a few embers. Made a hell of a fire.

 

[dreadylock]

i put mines after allowing to cool in neighbors garden

 

[dockman]

Garden and the woods here.

 

[link]

A friend set there compost pile on fire last year, the ashes from his stove must have still had a few embers. Made a hell of a fire.

Bet that was a surprise!

I always wait until the next day. Just to be safe.

 

[inkjunkie]

Bet that was a surprise!

I always wait until the next day. Just to be safe.

We were standing on his porch when it happened, we looked at each other and started to laugh.
We live where we can burn yard waste. We,have to maintain our own roads. Neighbor Jim is the President of the road association. Jim has a somewhat large pit on his property. I dumped off 15 car stuffed car trailer loads of pine from our roads into his pit. We had a foot or so of snow covering the pile. He had not used his stove in 4 days, figured it was completely out. Tossed his ashes into the pit. He left for his week at work. 2 days later the Department of Natural Resources showed up...

 

[timberjet]

Yep I have always used it in the compost pile or right on the garden bed. Just not too much at any one time. I used to just dump it over the fence but the dog would eat all the rocks that tasted good from it and be sick for days. Dang Labrador's anyway. She has passed rocks the size of idaho potato's before.

 

[ristau5741]

If you are composting, or putting in garden, make sure it's just pure ash,  no meats, no bones, no oils.

 

[jirodriguez]

For natural lump you can use it for compost and what not, for briquets just toss it.

I do use a little to sprinkle on top of the dog poop bucket to keep it from smelling during the week!

 

[inkjunkie]

Yep I have always used it in the compost pile or right on the garden bed. Just not too much at any one time. I used to just dump it over the fence but the dog would eat all the rocks that tasted good from it and be sick for days. Dang Labrador's anyway. She has passed rocks the size of idaho potato's before.

One of our Redbone pups likes to take the small chunks right out of the Egg, no longer leave the screen open.
The Redbone we had to put to sleep recently used to stand by the Egg as I was dumping chunks into it....just hoping.

 

[GaryHibbert]

Ash is great on compost and on the lawn. When I clean out my fireplace, I spread all the ashes on the lawn. The lawn just loves it. And since the lawn used to be bush and trees before we had it cleared, a few more chunks of less than fully burned wood aren't even noticed--couple of passes with the mower chops them up.

Gary

Gary

 

[daveomak]

I put ash in my garden.... Then I add ammonium sulfate for nitrogen and to combat the alkalinity of the ash... There are many micronutrients that are very beneficial to things that grow...

 

[gary s]

Adding ash from Charcoal will raise the Ph  so be careful not to add too much  a little goes a long way

Gary