What to do with fireplace ashes
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Sprinkle on an icy or snow packed road it helps create traction and acts as a snow melter. -
Fireplace ashes are good worked in around gardenias, too. -
I always thought that it was good for fertilizing peach trees? -
Are all of these garden and algae tips wood or coal ash? -
I don't want to assume anything!
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I usually dust my ferns and azaleas with it. -
Make little boxes and place ashes in those boxes so you can fake somebodies death and collect the insurance money. -
i have been putting it in my compost for years with no problems, but it is wood ash -
I remember dusting our chickens with wood ash and using it to melt ice out on the farm, but in town I have just tossed it in the yard, around bushes, etc. I have a friend that used it to make soap. But never heard of using it to clean glass. You provided a lot of interesting and good ideas. -
I use them to clean out the oven. I use a green scrubby sponge, wet the oven a bit with a spray of water, and scrub down the oven with the wood ashes. It really works, and it's better (and cheaper) than using harsh nasty chemicals or even cleanser. The final cleanup is much easier too: the ashes and grit just wipe right off. -
this is good to know -
Robyn Frailey : Wood ash. I'd personally only use coal ash for traction. -
what is the recipe to make soap with ash? -
You can also coat your cut potatoes with ashes before you plant the chunks in the spring. It seals the outside of the fresh cut and keeps the potato from rotting when they are planted. -
We have a neighbour that planted a cedar hedge behind our cheyenne privet hedge, which makes the soil too acidic for ours. Fireplace ashes help to neutralize the soil. When we don't have ashes we spread bone meal. The hedge is thriving much better since we started this. -
Thanks, everyone for adding to the conversation! And for the great ideas! I'm adding them to the original blog post also as an update! Thanks, again. -
Robyn - wood ash. Sorry I didn't make that clearer.
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like Judy and Cyndi, my wood ash saved the day last winter when my driveway was a sheet of ice and all were stuck. Sprinkled around each tire...and the car took off like nothing we had tried for 3 hrs prior! I should probably keep a little stored in my car for problems on the road, too. -
On the subject of slug repellent ,when I made a barrier around my annuals ,it killed the plants. What shrubs, annuals and perennials like wood ash and what doesn't?
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Sondra, I too like to use some wood ashes, mixed with some top soil, for my chickens to dust in. -
Patty, it is important not to dump the whole load of ash in a small area as it will smother the plants. I would say use less than a coffee can per plant, and less for smaller, more delicate plants, and spread them around to be no more than a half inch deep. Also I will repeat, no charcoal! I also use around my peach tree to keep peach tree borer larvae from hatching. -
Coal ashes are toxic...don't use 'em in the garden. Good tips on wood ashes...thanks. -
We sprinkle them on our dirt driveway. They help melt the ice and give us a bit of traction in the meantime. -
How do you clean silver? -
My chickens LOVE to bath in wood ash
