The minerals from the wood are restored to nature where they can be reused again. Using up wood ash in your yard and garden is a natural solution. That’s way too much for any single-use, so we’ve had to find creative ways to use what would otherwise be a waste product. Still, cold Vermont winters mean that we burn roughly 4 cords of hardwood each year, or 6 to 8 cords of softwood which has a lower BTU.Ī cord of hardwood produces roughly 5-8 gallons of wood ash, so that means we have around 30-40 gallons of wood ash in the spring. To save on wood (and work), we only heat our house to around 62 degrees day and night. Our homestead is relatively small by modern standards (~1200 sq feet) and the walls are nearly a foot thick and super-insulated.
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Looking for free garden fertilizer? Natural pest control? Stain and odor removers? Wood ash can do that! While some of these uses are merely a historical curiosity, many are still incredibly useful in our modern world. Our ancestors wouldn’t have invented soap without wood ash lye…the list goes on. Long before baking soda was discovered, wood ash based leveners allowed for holiday cookies. Wood ash was a precious asset, used for food preservation, gardening, pottery, pest control, and even cosmetics. While you may be hard-pressed to think of uses for wood ash in a modern home, historically it was used in many different creative ways.
If you’re heating with wood, there’s always plenty of wood ash to go around.
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