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Re: About that wood ash and charcoal..

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This made me chuckle - reminded me of the time when my mother decided to
burn some weeds in a trash barrel near my dads compost heap which was
smoking pretty good.It was right near the garden. Next thing you know we
have a big fire and lots of roasted vegetables!-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: Malachi 3:16 <mal316@ix.netcom.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: About that wood ash and charcoal..


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> >>>Can you buy garden charcoal bulk somewhere? I only found it  in little
bags
> and it was very expensive- and I assume by woodash- he really meant
> woodashy-as from fire places- I hope so because that is what I used.
> Enlighten me?_teri>>>
>
>     I don't know about charcoal, but I use the ashes from the fire place.
Be
> careful of two things. One is that the wood you use is real wood, not an
> artificial log that you can get in the stores. The artificial logs have
> chemicals in them that would be bad for the garden. Also make sure that
the
> fire is completely out before you take the ashes and put them in the
gardens.
> I caught my gardens on fire one time by not waiting long enough for the
> fire in the fireplace to go out. Could have burned the house down as I had
> the ashes sitting in a bag on the back porch all morning.
>
>       Susan S. in Sunny Central Florida  :)
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