tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post8775418440090543660..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: Fire SafetyOhiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-60432604677782566782014-02-13T15:40:45.988-05:002014-02-13T15:40:45.988-05:00I poured my "cold" ashed on the garden o...I poured my "cold" ashed on the garden once only to see the mulch catch alight! Now I always leave them in the metal bucket for a few days first. Also Pete has destroyed several plastic dustpans cleaning out the ashes. You'd think a boilermaker would make me a metal dust pan!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-35614619961173640062014-02-13T15:40:30.444-05:002014-02-13T15:40:30.444-05:00I poured my "cold" ashed on the garden o...I poured my "cold" ashed on the garden once only to see the mulch catch alight! Now I always leave them in the metal bucket for a few days first. Also Pete has destroyed several plastic dustpans cleaning out the ashes. You'd think a boilermaker would make me a metal dust pan!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-85292277183348538602014-02-13T08:48:44.220-05:002014-02-13T08:48:44.220-05:00My husband told me that polar explorers used the d...My husband told me that polar explorers used the dark color of the ashes to strategically melt snow, as dark colors absorb sunlight and heat up faster. We've been playing around with that concept and it definitely works - we've cooled ashes overnight in the bucket (ten feet away from the house) and then spread in a line on the snow over the garden. After a sunny day, the dark line 'melts' into the snow.<br /><br />Glad you didn't burn the house down! Rachel from Harmonious Homesteadhttp://www.harmonioushomestead.comnoreply@blogger.com