[Wally[_2_]]

Your help would be appreciated here.
I am fitting a wood burning stove into my house
so will obviously have a lot of wood ash to get
rid of.
I thought it may be useful on my allotment but
just how to use it I do not know.
Should I just throw it on the soil and dig it in or
would it be better put on the compost heap ??

Thanks in advance for any help.

Wally

[Emrys Davies]

"Wally" wrote in message
...
Your help would be appreciated here.
I am fitting a wood burning stove into my house
so will obviously have a lot of wood ash to get
rid of.
I thought it may be useful on my allotment but
just how to use it I do not know.
Should I just throw it on the soil and dig it in or
would it be better put on the compost heap ??

Thanks in advance for any help.

Wally

Definitely best to spread it evenly on your allotment where it will work
itself into the soil and provide extra potash and other beneficial
ingredients.

Not a good idea at all to put it on the compost heap as it will tend to
make the compost soggy which is not conducive to activating the rotting
process.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

['Mike']

"Wally" wrote in message
...
Your help would be appreciated here.
I am fitting a wood burning stove into my house
so will obviously have a lot of wood ash to get
rid of.
I thought it may be useful on my allotment but
just how to use it I do not know.
Should I just throw it on the soil and dig it in or
would it be better put on the compost heap ??

Thanks in advance for any help.

Wally



Think twice if you have just done a deal with the local window company to
'take all their old window frames off their hands' and the frames are
painted with lead based paints :-((

I "believe" that could be a problem, but no doubt I will be corrected.

A friend of mine has a very large window business and getting rid of the old
frames is a costly matter :-(

Mike


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[Tim W]

"Wally" wrote in message
...
Your help would be appreciated here.
I am fitting a wood burning stove into my house
so will obviously have a lot of wood ash to get
rid of.
I thought it may be useful on my allotment but
just how to use it I do not know.
Should I just throw it on the soil and dig it in or
would it be better put on the compost heap ??


Some very good advice I got he-
Use the ash as a slug barrier round the veg patch.

Tim w

[CWatters[_2_]]

"Wally" wrote in message
...
Your help would be appreciated here.
I am fitting a wood burning stove into my house
so will obviously have a lot of wood ash to get
rid of.
I thought it may be useful on my allotment but
just how to use it I do not know.
Should I just throw it on the soil and dig it in or
would it be better put on the compost heap ??

Thanks in advance for any help.

Wally


In our last house we just tipped the ashes around the roses. They seemed to
love the stuff.

[Uncle Marvo]

In reply to Wally ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Your help would be appreciated here.
I am fitting a wood burning stove into my house
so will obviously have a lot of wood ash to get
rid of.
I thought it may be useful on my allotment but
just how to use it I do not know.
Should I just throw it on the soil and dig it in or
would it be better put on the compost heap ??

Roses etc love it, slugs/snails etc hate it. So unless you're cultivating
slugs rather than plants, doi it.

If it is going to be dry for a long while it blows all over the place and is
a bit antisocial, so it's best to water it down or chuck it on when it's
raining. I use old compost bags, the thickish plastic ones, to store it in
then go out when it's raining an chuck it about.

Be careful when putting it into the bags that it isn't hot, it's amazing how
long wood ash stays hot in the ash pan, especially when you riddle the fire
and get all the still-quite-hot embers.

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On 11 Oct, 09:52, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:
Roses etc love it, slugs/snails etc hate it. So unless you're cultivating
slugs rather than plants, doi it.
If it is going to be dry for a long while it blows all over the place and is
a bit antisocial, so it's best to water it down or chuck it on when it's
raining. I use old compost bags, the thickish plastic ones, to store it in
then go out when it's raining an chuck it about.
Be careful when putting it into the bags that it isn't hot, it's amazing how
long wood ash stays hot in the ash pan, especially when you riddle the fire
and get all the still-quite-hot embers.

I use our ashes to compact my path at the allotment. It helps a lot.
This just reminded me to call our chimney sweep ...!

[Wally[_2_]]

Think twice if you have just done a deal with the local window company to
'take all their old window frames off their hands' and the frames are
painted with lead based paints :-((

I "believe" that could be a problem, but no doubt I will be corrected.

A friend of mine has a very large window business and getting rid of the
old frames is a costly matter :-(

Mike

No painted wood involved at all Mike a friend has a cable business and
has lots of baterning from the cable drums, all clean wood and he is having
probs getting rid of it.

Wally

[Wally[_2_]]

Thank you all for help and advice.

Wally

['Mike']

"Wally" wrote in message
...


Think twice if you have just done a deal with the local window company to
'take all their old window frames off their hands' and the frames are
painted with lead based paints :-((

I "believe" that could be a problem, but no doubt I will be corrected.

A friend of mine has a very large window business and getting rid of the
old frames is a costly matter :-(

Mike

No painted wood involved at all Mike a friend has a cable business and
has lots of baterning from the cable drums, all clean wood and he is
having
probs getting rid of it.

Wally


Battening from Cable Drums????

Ideal for making Compost Bins. Go into business ;-)

Some of my first Compost Bins were made from those when I worked for the GPO
Telephones :-))

Mike


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www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and
Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success.
The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates
www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly
"Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand

[Wally[_2_]]

Battening from Cable Drums????

Ideal for making Compost Bins. Go into business ;-)

Some of my first Compost Bins were made from those when I worked for the
GPO Telephones :-))

Mike

So what do you think my compost bin is made of ?? ))

Wally



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www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and
Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success.
The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates
www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly
"Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a
Stand

['Mike']

"Wally" wrote in message
...


Battening from Cable Drums????

Ideal for making Compost Bins. Go into business ;-)

Some of my first Compost Bins were made from those when I worked for the
GPO Telephones :-))

Mike

So what do you think my compost bin is made of ?? ))

Wally


;-)

The Plastic Daleks????????

Like the ones we are just getting rid of ;-} ??????

Mike
With egg on face!


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www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and
Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success.
The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates
www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly
"Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand

[Wally[_2_]]

The Plastic Daleks????????

Like the ones we are just getting rid of ;-} ??????

Got one of those in the garden Mike and it does a good job
there for garden weeds, dead flowers and kitchen waste but
nothing like big enough for the allotment.
Made a nice big one from timber, about 4ft x 4ft for that job.

Wally