What do you do with your ashes?

[tungularafishcamp]

thanks lockhaven, will have to try that method when I go down to Oregon:laughing:

 

[wolc123]

I also mix my ash with leaves in a compost pile. Leaves are acidic when they rot so the ash does a good job of neutralizing the ph. The ash/rotted leaf mix seems to produce better yields from my garden than manure or any type of synthetic fertilizer, especially on crops like squash and pumpkins. I always make an ash pile next to the leaf pile, on the downwind side, since a few years ago when I dumped hot ashes directly on the leaves and ended up with a leaf pile that smoldered over several weeks. I mix the piles together in the spring with the loader.

 

[brokenknee]

Told the wife I want to be cremated, she asked what do you want done with your ashes? I told her to flush them down the toilet, she looked at me funny, I told her I've been sh*t on all my life, so why should the afterlife be any different. :laughing:

OK, before anyone gets to upset, it was a joke OK. I have actually had a pretty good life. Been married to the same woman for over 36 years, two healthy kids and three healthy grandsons.

 

[Tollster]

I throw miy pellet ashes in the road after the plow goes by, it mixes well with the cinders and the tons or road salt they don't hesitate to use.

 

[Pilot]

I just toss them in the garden, in the woods or wherever we don't walk, away from the house.

Obviously do not use a cardboard box. Too many people have burned their houses down after putting ashes they thought were cold in a cardboard box and putting the box on the porch. I knew someone who did that and my wife knows someone else.

 

[sailorman]

Told the wife I want to be cremated, she asked what do you want done with your ashes? I told her to flush them down the toilet,

I 've left instructions to have my butt buried pointing up above ground . Many have asked, " Why, so people can kiss your a* * " . My reply is, " No, so they have a place to park their bike when they visit " .

 

[blueriver]

The way I do it is dig a hole in the ice, take and sprinkle a can of peas around the hole and when a bear comes to take a pea you kick him in the icehole. How do you do it?

Only in Alaska ...

 

[blueriver]

The way I do it is dig a hole in the ice, take and sprinkle a can of peas around the hole and when a bear comes to take a pea you kick him in the icehole. How do you do it?

How do you use the p trap system for bears without ice?

Rick ... we are talking ash holes not ice holes.

 

[JerryK]

Okay you left this wide open ... are you saying you have a ash hole?

I hope so.... If not... I would have eventually have ash piles .... which don't sound like much fun at all .....

 

[Pete Judd]

This thread caught my eye, as I do burials at sea from my boat, but the ashes from the wood stove and pellet stove, go in the garden, and on the lawn. All kind of ashes do away with.

 

[DwightD123]

Does anyone expect they help to solidify a gravel drive? I am thinking it might make the soil under the rock more stabil. Thoughts?

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I also mix my ash with leaves in a compost pile. Leaves are acidic when they rot so the ash does a good job of neutralizing the ph. The ash/rotted leaf mix seems to produce better yields from my garden than manure or any type of synthetic fertilizer, especially on crops like squash and pumpkins. I always make an ash pile next to the leaf pile, on the downwind side, since a few years ago when I dumped hot ashes directly on the leaves and ended up with a leaf pile that smoldered over several weeks. I mix the piles together in the spring with the loader.

Me too. Since I live in Western Oregon, I don't worry about anything catching on fire in the winter. The ashes neutralize the acid in the leaves and the combo produces primo compost. It helps to add a little nitrogen for the composting bugs.

 

[ArtMech]

I have a wood burnign add-a-furnace and am wondering if there is something better to do that to dump the ashes in an unused corner on the property. Any ideas?

I'm using the ash to neutralize the acidity (Ph) of the soil of my gardens. It helps very much in case of ecological kind of agriculture.

 

[Taylortractornut]

I have a 55 gallon steel drum I save mine for most of the winter dry. I have a screenthe filter out the charcoals they go in the the garden as biochar and the ashes will go into my 10 foot Gand spreader to be spread on the feilds. Works great.

 

[2wheeledwarrior]

Whoa...I didn't expect 4 pages of replies, but this is awesome. Hot ashes will be going on the driveway this winter! I live in Michigan and get lake effect snow (which means a lot more snow than most of Alaska) and it's pretty icy snow, too. Ours, however, melts a few times through the winter (unlike Alaska).
I'll make sure to put some cold ashes with the leave piles that will be the start of next years compost. THanks!

 

[USNative]

Some spread ashes around the base of their trees to ward off bugs that can damage their trees. May not work on all species of trees but something worth checking into. I am going to check in to using them to combat the pine beetles which are destroying many of the pine trees in the Northwest. I have a few nice little pines on our place and would hate to see the beetles take them.