What to Do With Fireplace Ash??

What to do with fireplace ash?

So, we’ve been building many a fire lately with the cold weather. While my husband was cleaning out the ashes, I wondered if there was an eco-friendly way to dispose of the ashes. So I googled it. I found many different sites and lots of information.

Ash can be used as a fertilizer in your garden or around bushes.
It can be used to ward off slugs and snails. (This is what we’ll do around the pool area.)
You can mix into your compost.
You can make a paste with it to shine your silver.
You can make soap out of it.
Use it as traction, on slippery walkways in the winter. (Of course, we don’t need to worry about that!)
Apparently you can actually buy real wood ash on Amazon. (I did not look it up, though.)

I’m always looking into ways we can recycle our trash and waste before I add it to our landfills. It only takes a moment to look it up. I found these great tips on Thriftyfun.com, but you might want to double check before adding to your garden, several people had a different response.

What did you do with your ash?

Anne

I'm a mother of 2 who likes to get involved in too much! Besides writing here I started a non-profit, I'm on the PTO board, very active in my community and volunteer in the school. I enjoy music, reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with my family. We just adopted our 3rd cat and love them all!

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