Always a good reminder.

“Hey - has anyone seen Grandpa’s ashes? They were just on the mantle yesterday…”

Trickling rainwater through hardwood ash can extract potassium/sodium hydroxide alkaline enough for making soap or water glass

@weed1673 I also use the ash to clean the wood burner glass. Works A GREAT!

The only thing for ice on a gravel driveway bit messy but works miracles.

Good to know, thanks for your post. Good morning. ☕️

Good morning 😃

@DillowTalk2 A great ingredient for lye!

does it matter the type of wood?

Not that I am aware of.

@weed1673 I dump my fireplace ash inside the chicken run. They like it for their winter dust baths

You can also use wood ash to make stone structures just like the ancients did

It is also the base for lye. There are fancy methods for rendering ash into lye. I am old school. 5-gal bucket. Add ash (maybe 1/3 full), add water, stir, let soak, then scoop off the water. (I might do this a few times if its weak.) Strength can be tested just as easily. I use the "egg float" test. (An egg (or a potato) should float enough to see at least a dime-sized part of the egg. If it sinks, dump the water back in the bucket and go again. NOTE: some people will say this only works for specific woods. NOT true. You think Pioneers cared what ash they used!?!?

Washing white linen with ash used to be a practice doing the loundry to achive perfect white.

My understanding is carrots need it more than tomatoes

Okay, I didn’t know the deodorizer in the refrigerator trick, and the ant repellent is a good one too

You can also put a pinch of it in your salt shaker to provide extra trace minerals. This should come with a warning as well. Like don't burn treated lumber, don't mix garbage with your wood and don't use chemical fuels to ignite fires.

I also full an old cat food can and then just a little kerosene until it is all wet. Makes an amazingly effective fire starter. Burns long, clean and reusable.

Wood ash, specifically from hard wood, is great for producing lye for soap making, but it requires leaching with rain water through straw and stone pebbles. Soft wood ash works well too, but it's too strong for general use, but works well for degreasing.

I've been using it on ice for years.

Fabulous video, thanks 👍

Great post!

wood ash is also used to make SOAP !!!

Too bad we are not allowed to burn wood stoves, or even fireplaces in some areas.

Thank you for this

@Seedsoilsunrain I am paranoid using wood ash as garden soil additive because of heavy metals. Am I crazy for thinking this @grok Other Thoughts?

Can I wash my ass with it ?

👀 wood ash

Very helpful

Good video, lots of life hacks in there but he missed a crucial civilization hack too. @FoMaHun

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I was back in the woods and only used wood ash for my drive and walk. Works well It was a necessity.

Whoa. There was so many uses in there I had no idea about.

You forgot about making bars of soap 👊🏽

The chickens loved it when it was still warm ashes in the winter.

Already do this.

As a city slicker I never knew ash had soo many uses...

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