You would want to make sure the ashes had come from wood with NO PAINT on them. What changes would this make in the soil? Someone know? >>> Sherryl Sandersfeld <shsande@IONET.NET> 05/19/98 07:56pm >>> Hi All, Just read a post on the daylily list I want to share. Has anyone ever used this remedy? She writes: >The best anti slug medicine I have found is wood ashes from the fire place. >Just lightly sprinkle them on and around the base of the DL and forget about >the problem. The critters won't go near the ashes. The ashes are intolerable >to the slugs and provide fertilizer to the DLs. Used them this year and have >not seen one evidence of a slug. DLs love it too. What great news if this really works! Easy to save ashes from fireplace over the winter for spring and summer use. Sherryl Oklahoma - zone 7a