Using Wood Ash in the Garden?

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January 16, 20120 found this helpful

It depends on two things-what you are burning, and what you are growing. The following link describes it much better than I can, but essentially, using the ash in your garden is a good thing-adding potassium to raise PH in too-acidic a bed, and providing some pest control as well:

extension.oregonstate.edu/.../wood-ash-can-be-useful-yard-if-used...

My husband and I live in Scotland and burn primarily oak and larch (acidic). We do put the ashes from our wood stoves into the compost heaps and it seems to be a help to our garden beds.

Hope this helps.