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  1 0 If you're really on the DIY tip, you have a lot of time to kill, and you're using hardwood lump/chunk charcoal you can use the ashes to make lye which you can then use to make soap, bio-diesel, and lutefisk. goth jenny answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I throw it on the bindweed and horsetails to kill them. Geni answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Charcoal ash from briquettes is nasty and shouldn't be used. Briquettes have all kinds of crap in them that aren't wood ash. If you're using chunk charcoal, the ash could theoretically be used, but it's extremely alkaline and thus a bad idea for most of your plants. The soil in WA tends to be too alkaline already; the most common pH amendment is to try to acidify the soil, not alkalize it. I wouldn't think it would have much nutritive value aside from amending the pH. Throw it out. Fnarf answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report 4 comments by Cato the Younger Younger , soundslikepuget, and Fnarf… 0 0 Which begs the question; why do people insist on cooking with those damn things? All those chemicals don't just stay with the briquettes. Cato the Younger Younger commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 @Fnarf ok thanks for the info. @Cato the Younger - it tastes better. soundslikepuget commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Briquettes better than lump charcoal? I think not. Lump cooks hotter or lower, depending on which you want; lasts far longer; leaves far less ash; contains no wax or additives. Seriously, once you've gone lump, you'll never go back. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Not that they shouldn't throw out the briquettes, but I always thought Pacific NW soils were too acid, not alkaline, because the rain water leaches out the basic nutrients. Hence Steve Solomon's (Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades) advice to add extra lime to your fertilizers to increase your soil pH. Greg Barnes commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Could you mix it with something to use as a building material? MrIyer answered in Food & Drink about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Rev.Enant… 0 0 like, soap, perhaps? Or ashy candles? Rev.Enant commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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