Fireplace Ashes? [View All]

Hi there!

Well, due to the fact that my husband and I can't afford to have our central air going this winter (last winter bills went up to $800 or so a month for us to keep our 2-bedroom home at about 60 degrees!), we're trying to heat our home with the fireplace this winter.

So far, so good. (We got a bonus as well. Dead tree on our property fell down about a month ago. Took a chainsaw to it - free firewood!).

However, just wondering what we should be doing with the ashes in the fireplace. We've been cleaning them out and just tossing them, but I seem to recall that ashes can be used in gardening or something? Can we put ashes in a composter? (We've got two that the previous owners left.) Can we be putting the ashes on the lawn?

Just curious, and any suggestions would be great.