"Malcolm" wrote in message
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On 07/11/2011 14:49, Kate Morgan wrote:

It's getting cold now and we're starting to use
the log/coal burner and will be getting quite a
lot of ash in the coming months.
My question is, will this ash be beneficial to the
soil on my allotment or should I just bin it ??

Wally


we keep ours to help delivery men whose vans get stuck in the muddy
patches down our drive :-)

kate
Fine ash? I was brought up in the North East of England on the edge of
the Pennines. In the 50s and 60s the local council stored the clinker
from the coal fired boilers (mining area) and spread this on the icy/snowy
roads in the winter. Salt??

Malcolm

When I had Rayburn stove I used to scatter the fine ash on the hill outside
my home. The Rayburn has long since gone, but the council has placed a
salt-grit bunker nearby for us to use. I've seen cars with trailers come and
pinch all the grit for other areas not even local. The hill outside my home
is 1:6 slope.

Bill