"Wally" wrote in message
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Since getting a wood burner I have accumulated a
large pile of ashes (most wood but some coal).
What is the best way of using them on my allotment ?
Should I just throw on the ground and dig in or maybe
put on the compost heap ??

Any other ideas would be welcome.

I've had a woodburner for more than 20 years and many many chickens for at
least that long. I have a magnificent compost heap on which chicken manure
and woodash go, 3/4 chicken/1/4 woodash. It's viewed covetously by my
neighbours.
You can dig woodash into your garden, I know someone who grew some good
parsnips in almost pure woodash when he dug so much into his soil.

I spread a little around my roses and any plants I think would benefit from
potash but otherwise it goes on the compost heap.

You should not have that much ash, a wood burner needs to burn on a bed of
ash - I only empty a bit of mine out once a week.

Tina