Bright idea: WOOD ASH
Aug. 4th, 2019 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sooooo....we have a lot of natural debris and I have been thinking that it would be fun to burn it all and use the ash. Ash is used and can be used for many things! I googled some fun videos on making soap (the process is seems to take forever though).Wood ash is also commonly used to put out the fire palace/pit fires and melting the ice/snow. Historically and culturally it was used in food, art glazing and building materials, cleaning activities (odor control), and farming (like composting, crops/gardens and dust baths/pest repellent and soaking animal hides), I also noted other ideas like: dehumidifying the air and as an anti-mold product, toothpaste (eep!) wound treatment, tattooing and cosmetics. When this idea hit me, I found an article (https://practicalselfreliance.com/wood-ash-uses/) detailing most of the uses above. WOOT WOOT!
Yes ...
Date: 2019-08-04 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-07 12:31 pm (UTC)I have always wanted to try soap-making with it but feel daunted by the length of the project. So much else to do!