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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:42 PM Original message |
Fireplace Ashes? |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. garden. They will add some alkaline to the soil I hear. Mix with the mulch. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. So get off your ash and garden. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, ashes can go in your composter or on your garden. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. ashes are high in potassium... |
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LibinMo (364 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's a good article |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. ashes can be used to make lye |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't you already have ashes on the lawn? |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Ha! |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't forget to leave a bed of ashes in your fireplace. That way you |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. We used them in the garden, and also on the icy path to and from the house |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't forget to have your chimney swept...especially if you're burning resinous woods |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks for all the good advice, everyone! |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. A lot of heat is going up your chimney, think about a stove insert. |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We've got one. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. A fireplace insert with fan down in the den used to provide most of the |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Use of Ashes in Gardens and Compost |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. $800 a month? |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. We're in the middle of nowhere. :) |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. my mobile home has awful windows and would go through about |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. Collect some urine and make some gunpowder... |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. i recently read that people should only burn "well-seasoned wood" |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-29-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Seasoning wood doesn't need to take a full year |
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