Wood Ash

[indy]

I must admit I never knew to put it round raspberries

[Harasimow]

If you wan to burn wood mainly for the purpose of producing potash to spread on the garden is it better to use young alive bits of wood and green leaves (the sort of stuff thats hard to burn and smokes a lot) or big tree logs and deadwood? Ive been told the former has more potassium in.

Thanks

[mybarnconversion]

One word ... paths

[Harasimow]

Im afraid i need more than just the one word to understand. How does woodash make paths?

[Millymollymandy]

I don't know either as it would just blow away! And make your shoes really dirty.

[indy]

the wood ash that comes out of mine would be very flighty, perhaps you dampen it first then com[act it. Is what I would do

[grahamhobbs]

Waste of a valuable material putting it on a path. Now cinders is something different

[indy]

Have been using my coal ash to make a path, its a bit heavier, I'm saving my wood ash for the veggie plot, I never knew it could go round so many different things!

[Fred Hoggin]

One word ... paths

Tried that it ends up all slushy just like mud.

[indy]

To be fair I havemn't tried to make a path out of woodash, I use my coal ash for that, I tend to put my woodash in for the chickens to fossik around in and on the compost heap. At the moment most of my wood ash is keeping my dahlia tubers warm

[Harasimow]

Ahh okay, well ive only got woodash and thats going round crops.

Paths im gonna use wodden boards so if i change my mind of where i want paths and as i rotate my crops i can move them easilly.