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Thread: What Do You Do With The Ashes.

  1. 07-03-2012, 09:10 AM #46
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    Agreed, wood ashes are your best non-skid solution for icy steps and walks.

    We spread the ashes over the veggie plot last winter. Come spring I spread some 10-10-10, tilled again and planted. The plants shot up fast this year. I ain't never had summer squash plants this big.

    The squash are growing near as fast as I can pick 'em. Gotta get to cooking this weekend. Cukes are fattening up quick. Maters got a late start but they're growing quickly. Cantaloupe vines are all over the place.

    Have yer soil tested early before adding wood ash or any amendment for that matter.
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  2. 07-03-2012, 06:35 PM #47
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    I have a ledge in my side yard right where I cut, split, and noodle my wood at. I just dump the ash over on one side of it and dump them over on one side and of the ledge and dump the splitter turds, rotten wood, and other wood debris. I also have a pile for all my noodles that I rake up and shovel into the pile right on the side of the ledge. Yes, I am weird and like to keep my debris kind of separate.
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    I was reminded of this old thread yesterday when I spent a few minutes reclaiming my driveway from skating rink status after a January thaw:

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  4. 01-13-2013, 04:38 PM #49
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    Be careful Steve. Someone will read you the riot act for resurrecting an "old" thread.
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    Yes the ashes do work well on ice and snow.
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    I'll remember that. Next big freeze we get here in middle Georgia I'll spread um out.
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    I sell my ashes to the 6 local crematoriums, it cuts down their gas bill a lot.









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    I put the ashes on top of the garden rows in the winter and between the rows in the summer. If you have enough ashes, it will hold down all the weeds between the rows. Cabbage likes a lot of ashes... I work it in around the plants. Also save a lot of it to disk in my Food Plots in the spring. Just like free pot ash... My lawn gets a good dusting just be for it snows...
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    I checked online to see where the EPA says not to dump them, so that's exactly they go.

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    I put them in a cardboard box and set them on the front porch.
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    I checked online to see where the EPA says not to dump them, so that's exactly they go.

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    Yeah our walkways were muddy from the thaw. Happened to get a wood delivery at the same time, so took the wood chips from sawing and some ash and spread it all over the wet areas, problem solved.
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    If you have a spot in your ravine where you dump leaves, branches and such.... do not dump your ashes there. There could possibly be a few live embers in there that given enough time will set the whole pile ablaze.

    Luckily I learned this when we had decent snow cover and the fire didn't get beyond the pile.
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