Wood Ash - 10 Uses
We get a steady supply of wood ash from our wood burning stove and rather than simply spreading it onto vegetable beds to be dug in – here are a few more uses.
1. Use wood ash to add nutrients to your compost. Contains potash and calcium carbonate.
2. Use wood ash to deter snails from plants. Spread around the perimeter of the plant.
3. Use wood ash to add nutrients to planting holes for tomatoes by adding about half a cup to each hole.
4. Use wood ash to clean stove glass doors. Add to a damp sponge to wipe away sooty deposits.
5. Use wood ash for soap making. Soak ashes in water to make lye which is used in the soap making process.
6. Use wood ash to clean metal by making a paste with the ash.
7. Use wood ash as a dust bath for chickens, it kills lice and mites.
8. Use wood ash to remove sticky labels from glass jars by making a paste with a little water.
9. Use wood ash as a top dressing around onions, leeks and garlic.
10. Use wood ash to raise the Ph of soil if required, as an alternative to lime.
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11. Take a pinch of hardwood fine ash and add it to your meal a couple of times a week to return vital minerals like potassium, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous back into your body (of coarse you can buy those same minerals in pill form but why?) as long as you don’t burn anything other than wood and newspaper.
In many of our local homes ashes are far from a precious commodity. We shovel them out of our woodstoves in quantities that many gardener’s would envy. I have been liberally applying them to my garden beds for several years. I really like the granular texture they impart to the soil as they age in the presence of organic matter. Granular soil particles resist compaction and provide spaces for air, water, and roots. Granular, loose soils are also the best for earthworms and soil micro-organisms who help break down organic matter, fix nitrogen, and form symbiotic relationships with plant roots. At first I was worried that the worms might be burned by the alkaline nature of the ashes, but they really don’t seem to be affected. That would probably be a problem in a desert area, but during our wet winters (in the Pacific North West) the alkalinity is quickly leached by the rain.
Such a shame Boron (Borax) got stripped from us back in the “80′s”, it does a body good!!
EIOregonian…. I assume you speak from personal intake yourself?? I know it cant hurt, if you camp, then you have eaten wood ash. But Ive never thought or heard of there being nutritional value of out of doing this…..hhhhhhhmmmmmmmm Tis very interesting, thanks for the info