Wood Ashes Are Invaluable
The ashes produced by the burning of wood of every description, including primings. hedge clippings, etc., are almost invaluable, on account of the great amount of potash they contain. They are useful for almost any purpose, particularly for scattering over seed beds of every description, either before or after sowing, also when the seedlings are up; also for tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, greens, etc., mixing with potting soil, spreading round roots of trees, shrubs, around strawberry plants, in the spring or as a dressing for lawns they are especially valuable. Every opportunity should be taken to collect as many as possible of these ashes, and utilise them for the various purposes mentioned. In all gardens a rubbish heap is bound to accumulate, consisting of weeds, grass clippings, pea, bean and potato haulm, other vegetable refuse, dippings, trimmings, etc. These are usually got rid of by means of a fire. The ashes from such are valuable as a manure, and may be used in the same way as wood ashes, though they do not contain the same amount of potash.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29293, 26 August 1960, Page 7
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182Wood Ashes Are Invaluable Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29293, 26 August 1960, Page 7
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