Ashes to ashes

[Chuffy]

Does anyone have a use for all of the ash generated by our coal fire?

I know you can use wood ash on the garden but most of our ash is from coal or smokeless fuel. It seems...wasteful to just bung it in the bin.

Any sensible ideas?

 

[dan_bo]

Mix it with water and brush your teeth with it

 

[Hover Fly]

Cat litter.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I'm happy, hope you're happy too?

 

[dan_bo]

your own little black n white minstrel show?

 

[dan_bo]

sorry you said sensible ideas......

 

[Aperitif]

Hmmm...you could act out you very own empire conquest, with one of you playing Sir Charles Napier.
Stand there with the remnants and proclaim "I have cinder"

Otherwise, put them in piles on your lawn and inspect each pile with litmus paper every week - your very own ashes test series in the back garden.

You lucky peeps.

 

[surfgurl]

The last house we lived in was down a small, potholed, graveled lane. We used to put the ash in the potholes. It did involve creeping out in the middle of the night so the neighbours didn't think we were up to no good!

 

[Chuffy]

If we had a compost toilet then the ashes could be used for that. The cat has very specific litter (and my raised beds) so that's no good. Dammit, there has to be something!

 

[purpleR]

The last house we lived in was down a small, potholed, graveled lane. We used to put the ash in the potholes. It did involve creeping out in the middle of the night so the neighbours didn't think we were up to no good!

I can see that scuffling around in the dead of night with a bucket full of ashes would look much less suspicious!

 

[Abitrary]

Any sensible ideas?

Put it your mouth in a last ditch effort to prevent at least some of your purple verbiage escaping, please?

 

[DJ]

Does anyone have a use for all of the ash generated by our coal fire?

I know you can use wood ash on the garden but most of our ash is from coal or smokeless fuel. It seems...wasteful to just bung it in the bin.

Any sensible ideas?

OOPS I thought ash was ash, I've been putting the coal ash on the garden for acouple of years now!

 

[oxbob]

Mix with honey/sultana, sell on local market as organic oatsosimple?

 

[Fab Foodie]

OOPS I thought ash was ash, I've been putting the coal ash on the garden for acouple of years now!

We used to do this at our previuos hose where we had a coal boiler and an open fire. It was fine. Veg grew really well... as did nettles

 

[got-to-get-fit]

Save it until winter and put it on icy patches to stop you falling arse over tit.