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  • From: J Hobbs <hobbsj@efn.org>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] wood ash
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:37:01 -0700


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Hello All,

For about six months, I have been experimenting with wood ash as a caustic barrier between our small lawn and planting beds, sprinkling a strip approximately 1/2" deep by 2" to 3" wide.

I have many island beds planted with a variety of edible plants.....such as-strawberries along the borderĀŠ yarrow.. variegated black elderberry-blueberries, etc plus annual crops) I've seen no negative effects on any of the plantings.

The 'lawn' is a mixture of Ranuculous (creeping buttercup) ajuga, weeds and general grass seed. What I have discovered is very little grows within the ash strip-if any of the lawns' contents crawl into the this zone-their roots are very shallow and the plants easy to pull.

Jude
Eugene, Oregon
www.cascadiapermaculture.com



From: Lance Thornton <tlance@netdoor.com>
Subject: [permaculture] fireplace ash
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Hi, I have a good bit of fireplace ash from an indoor wood burning
fireplace and am wondering if this is a useful resource for fertilizing
or composting. Can anyone advise?

Thanks in advance,
Lance from Northern California






  • [permaculture] wood ash, J Hobbs, 05/23/2006

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