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Post by jkabdoors » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 7:54 am

I have people tell me that ashes are good for a garden. Is that true?


 
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Post by coalkirk » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 8:59 am

Wood ash is, not coal ash.

 
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Post by jkabdoors » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 4:32 pm

Thanks didnt now

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 4:49 pm

I always trhrow a decent amount of wood/coal ash in my garden area & till it all in in the spring. Hell,it's all organic & it all comes from the earth. I always have a real good 25' X 35' garden. Just an old farmers process. ;)

 
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Post by ONEDOLLAR » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 4:51 pm

http://www.coalashfacts.org/

Interesting reading at the above link.

 
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Post by ONEDOLLAR » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 4:57 pm

And this may or may not change your mind about using coal ash in your garden. Chances are you have eaten some food that has been grown with some coal ash in the soil...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id= ... sh-in-soil

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 5:11 pm

Not only that, but I drink milk right from the cow, eggs right from home kept chickens & beef that is right out of the barn & butchered by yours truly. :D Only the youngest girl has 3 eyes & 8 fingers on one hand. I wonder??? :shock: :clap: toothy


 
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Post by ONEDOLLAR » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 5:34 pm

freetown fred wrote:Not only that, but I drink milk right from the cow, eggs right from home kept chickens & beef that is right out of the barn & butchered by yours truly. :D Only the youngest girl has 3 eyes & 8 fingers on one hand. I wonder??? :shock: :clap: toothy
Ahhhh Come on now Fred.. Those 3 eyes and 8 fingers are just the next step in the evolution of mankind! (Thanks to coal!)

 
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Post by Berlin » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 6:16 pm

coal ash (esp. from stokers) isn't really all that useful to use in a garden because it doesn't provide much. Most of the beneficial elements either aren't there or they're trapped within the vitrified particles. softer hand-fired ash might add some minerals to the soil, but it's not much different than adding sand. I've used a bit in my garden; it doesn't really do too much one way or the other; although I suppose it could add some trace minerals to the soils and would be slightly beneficial to the plants. I don't know of any farmers spreading flyash like one of the articles mentions, but I have heard of many farmers spreading cheap coal fines on fields, supposedly to add carbon and minerals to the soil.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 6:36 pm

Let's not get lost here. I myself am only talking about a veggy garden. Nope, ash will never beat a good dose of lime on the big fields. ;)

 
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Post by jpete » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 7:51 pm

freetown fred wrote:Not only that, but I drink milk right from the cow, eggs right from home kept chickens & beef that is right out of the barn & butchered by yours truly. :D Only the youngest girl has 3 eyes & 8 fingers on one hand. I wonder??? :shock: :clap: toothy
Eyes on her hand could be a benefit! ;)

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 8:00 pm

Ain't that the truth. :)

 
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Post by jkabdoors » Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 10:29 pm

Thanks just cant stop laughing I think I will dump some in. So you folks saw my daughter. she was waiving and looking at the same time

 
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Post by gaw » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 1:48 am

If you put coal ashes in your garden there is a 90% chance that you will die within 90 years of eating the vegetables from that garden.

 
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Post by baddawg » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 8:40 am

freetown fred wrote:Not only that, but I drink milk right from the cow, eggs right from home kept chickens & beef that is right out of the barn & butchered by yours truly. :D Only the youngest girl has 3 eyes & 8 fingers on one hand. I wonder??? :shock: :clap: toothy
FF, you had me worried that you were hanging out in Ithaca until I read the part about butchering the beef and eating it.


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