Ash from your stove, what do you do with it?

Stove ash pan to ash bucket, after they cool(usually weeks) I toss them into the wooded areas around the house. Have tossed them on the drive before in a pinch but feel it makes a mess.

 

I get some nails...so it goes in the trash after it cools in metal 5 gallon buckets 'til spring.

 

I have concrete driveways so never on the driveways.

 

Two 10 gallon galvanized trash cans. Fill one and then the other. Once both full I dump the oldest and refill it. Once full I dump the other one and repeat. Takes 2-3 weeks to fill on so they are nice and cool. Once in awhile I will dump some on the grass or driveway when snow and ice.

 

around the trees or compost pile, I usually wait for a warmer day to let the stove die off so I don't get host ashes.
I leave the ash can outside if there are hot ash/coals

 

Having a BKK kinda spoils you, it holds a lot of ash/heat for a long while.
5 gal. buckets stay outside for 2-weeks before going to the local dump ash-bin.

 

vegetable garden and sometimes the lawn.
I have one metal can and they usually sit in it for two weeks or more until I need to clean out ashes again.
Then they either get spread out or get put into 5 gallon buckets for Spring.
As a fertilizer it's supposedly rather weak and flushes out quick.

 

I use a stockpot that fits inside my stove. Ashes get dumped in the woods out back. It's wet enough here during burn season that causing a fire isn't a concern. I often clean the stove out at night. Then the pot o' ash sits on my BBQ until the next day.

 

Since November, hot ash from the stove goes straight onto a snowbank.. snowbanks have a tendency to be fire resistant

 

Ash from shoulder stove goes on raised beds
Ash from wood/coal furnace goes on the road in front of house .
I live on a hill and the school bus picks up the boy going up hill.
The shale and clinkers work great for traction. Also melts the ice on sunny days.

 

I let it cool off and carefully sift it into different grades based on wood species. I then place it in a 100% recycled bag and sell it as Artisinal organic forest ash in boutiques. Sustainable wood lot forest ash commands higher prices.

 

I have been tossing my ashes into the seasonal creek behind my house, which usually is only wet in the spring. It's been wet pretty much for the entirety of this year though. Otherwise, it would go in the galvanized can to cool, then transferred into a box and brought to the dump if it has nails, or spread in the woods.

 

the Buck does not have a deep drop so I take a few ash shovels full out about every 3 days when burning 24/7. They go into a metal bucket and straight out to the garden. I till the garden in the fall after growing season is over so it is usually a little damp, red coals don't hurt.

 

I fill in holes in the backyard, use some when the snow flys and ice starts to get traction. Good for the plants and grass as well.

 

Walk the pails down the driveway and dump them in the ditch. The Spring melt disperses them down the ditch.