After a cozy night by the fireplace, most people scoop out the ash and toss it without a second thought. But did you know ...

Cold October temperatures made us fire up wood stoves and begin to produce wood ashes. Thrifty Montanans and many gardening books advise throwing these wood ashes on the garden. But is it a good idea ...

Wood ashes don't have to be disposed of. They can actually be useful in your garden, but only if you know how to use them ...

Fall brings with it one of life’s simplest pleasures: long evenings spent curled up in front of the fireplace. But once the final embers have burned out for the night, what’s left behind is a pile of ...

If you regularly burn wood in your fireplace or woodstove, you're familiar with how much ash gets left behind. Too often, the backbreaking work of constantly sweeping the grates feels like a thankless ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - As the weather gets cooler, more people are heating up their fireplaces. When you’re left with ashes to discard, what do you do? According to agriculture experts, wood ...

Ashes contain nutrients like potassium, magnesium and calcium that improve garden soil naturally. “I use a lot of ashes in my garden,” says Wilczek, as it can eliminate the need for chemical ...

In the world of wildfires, there are basically two kinds of ash: the good kind from burned vegetation that enriches the soil and the very bad ash from urban wildfires that's created when everyday ...