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AOL: Always Keep Your Wood Ashes — Here Are The 15 Plants That Love Them Gloved hand spreading wood ash in garden bed with trowel. - Mariana Serdynska/Shutterstock Wood ash, left behind in the fireplace or after a bonfire, is often overlooked as a natural fertilizer. Always Keep Your Wood Ashes — Here Are The 15 Plants That Love Them Oregonian: Give your garden a boost with wood ash from the fireplace CORVALLIS – With last year’s storms, particularly the substantial ice event, there’s plenty of firewood around Oregon.

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Many homeowners wonder what to do with all the ashes left behind after the flames ... For gardeners who heat their homes in winter using stoves or fireplaces, good-quality wood ashes can be a soil-amendment bonus. But if applied improperly, they can be a caustic topping for ... Statesman Journal: How to use ash from your wood stove in the garden Question: I have a wood stove and generate a lot of ashes this time of year.