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Composting - Ashes

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  • 21-04-2016 6:49pm
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    tv3tg4
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    it is said that you can throw ashes from a fire under a hedge or around shrubs?

    Are ashes compostable or should they be thrown in to the bin?


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    Mississippi.
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    tv3tg4 wrote: »
    it is said that you can throw ashes from a fire under a hedge or around shrubs?

    Are ashes compostable or should they be thrown in to the bin?

    Ashes from a log fire and to a lesser extent a turf fire are a good source of potassium for the soil, but the ashes from a coal fire contains toxins that poison the soil and should go in the bin.


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