Top TEN uses for Fireplace Ashes for Homesteaders & Preppers

I like cutting and chopping wood, I use the fireplace a lot. And it produces a ton of ash. Do you throw your ash away? You shouldn't! It has a lot of uses!
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[@ericmalott123]

Mixing ash with clay makes a good mortar

[@myrthryn]

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[@a420man2]

Throw some ashes into a latrine or outhouse to combat odor and flies.

[@scottyj6226]

Stole the words right out of my mouth, I've noticed that dumping my ash tray into my honey bucket really helps the smell

[@scottyj6226]

Shake a cup or two onto your humanure after using the outhouse. You'll find the smell to be much more tolerable.

[@marshallcahill4958]

We take some ash and put it in a coffee can. Add kerosene to make a paste. We use this as a fire starter. Wipe some paste on your wood and it will aide in starting the fire 👍

[@MrTrekFanDan]

#12 ...extract potassium salts...to mix in for multiple uses. #12A ... hardwood ashes can also be used as an ingredient for making saltpeter, (basic cave man potassium nitrate) for use with black powder applications - ...whatever that may be...fireworks, black powder weapons, etc. ;-).

[@barrykelly2722]

Interesting. A sachet of ash makes a great Christmas gift.

[@horseblinderson4747]

Soap, raising soil ph, inoculating mushrooms, and Rudy roll fire starters.

[@ambertracks]

preserving eggs in it or even better yet , just like you would make lime from it for soap , that same lime will store eggs for months on end

[@calvinbowling9579]

I got ash in my eye before and it burned A LOT. Ash can be used like lime to anneal hardened steel. We did this with files to make knives in metal shop, back in the 7th grade.

[@zeebraeend]

Ashes can also be used in isolation when making a double walled rocketstove. Fire resistant, free and works perfectly.

[@jackpinesavage1628]

I dump wood ashes around my apple trees in deep holes.

[@inmyimage1081]

Good info saved it to my homesteading/prepping playlists

[@PrepperUniversity]

Glad you found it helpful

[@bank80]

I can't believe you didn't include the best use... When you put chicken eggs in wood ash, it preserves them for 8 months or more. Look it up.

[@myrthryn]

2 weeks from now I eat an eight month old egg stored in quick lime solution. had one at 5, 6 and 7 months. and one for the ninth month in january

[@bank80]

@@myrthryn Yeah, I heard that's the best. Wood ash gives you 80% preservation after 8 months, based on what I've read.

[@PrepperUniversity]

Thanks for the tip

[@Stephen069able]

Yeah I had to rebuild a fallen brick ash house on a historic property here in Va.. it was 15×8×8ft.high. definitely a commodity in the day. Thanks for the info. GOD bless us all.

[@polishteacompany332]

I really loved seeing this type of video

[@christiebetts4970]

Lol yeah i usually don't listen much to the adds, but let them play to help creators as long as the adds arw not excessive.I do hate adds that run in the middle of videos.Enjoyed the video Good info

[@beverlyharrold718]

Played RuneScape banked all my ash from burnt seaweed. Turned out to be invaluable to game play. Knew my grandfather hoarded his and used it for many applications in real life.

[@edone1231]

thanks man! I am familiar with the topics of most of your output here on YT...... but this one is new for me. Keep it up! Thumps up ;)

[@davethe-bear9923]

Thx

[@nonsquid]

Use ash for nixtamalization of field corn to make it human usable for tortillas and to generate free niacin to stave off pellagra. Also useful for processing sorghum.

[@PrepperUniversity]

Good tips, thanks!

[@RelentlessHomesteading]

OK - so what you are really saying is that ---> Its time for me to kiss my ash... More uses for this gray gold. Liked your approach to the chopping - never seen that before, does seem it would increase strike power. But also think it would reduce my swing accuracy; and on bigger stuff it often takes numerous hits (at the same exact spot) to split it. I like using a chain-bungee combo to wrap the round, so that I get all my splitting done on it without having to stop to pick up pieces or try to balance smaller pieces before taking a swing.

[@rkaag99]

That mild lye @ 3:40 used in soap making can be applied to drain clogs as well. (concentrated if necessary)

[@ianmcfee5611]

Job sat on an ash heap and scraped his boils with a pottery shard because wood ash contains alkaline metals that have antiseptic qualities. Mixing wood ash with water, then filtering out the floaties yields a tea colored liquid called potash this is used in making lye soap and is a fairly strong antiseptic agent by filtering the "tea" until it is clear, you can get closer to a more stringent liquid very close to sodium hydroxide that can be used to unclog stopped up drains.

[@happygardener28]

ash can be used to degrease some surfaces. (it can be abrasive so be careful).

[@emelgiefro]

i use mine for chickens , garden and sometimes for slugs

[@Robert-qm7yi]

Storing eggs in wood ash will keep them good about 6 months if I remember right. I believe running water through fresh ashes and storing eggs in said water will keep them up to a year, but i'll have to double check that one. Townsends made the video on it

[@bonniefinrow4415]

Wow🌺

[@stevea.8816]

Not that l know that much but this was the first list that l didnt know not one of the eleven, excellent video. Unique swing of the axe, foot up then follow through, generated good power, remind me never to get you mad. Thanks boss.

[@PrepperUniversity]

People think I'm stomping but I'm actually just swinging my leg to use it as a fulcrum, it lets me drop the weight of my torso into the swing. Gets good power that way.

[@stevea.8816]

@@PrepperUniversity Unless anyone has split wood ,especially the big ones they dont realize how hard it is, enjoy your Holiday.

[@eagleeyemind4800]

Thanks for the ideas, Penny!

[@PrepperUniversity]

thanks for watching!

[@MichaelR58]

Great information, thanks for sharing 👍

[@PrepperUniversity]

Thanks for watching!

[@darrenmarchant1720]

put ash into water and the water will become caustic,& can be used to clear out a clogged drain. when you put the ash into the water small bits of unburned charcoal will float to the top. this can be used to improve garden soil by keeping it loose. such charcoal can also be tossed back into the fireplace once it has been allowed to dry.

[@tarawriste2101]

Thank you very much! I didn’t know most of these will definitely be trying them...esp the ash for icy steps one!

[@KaylynnStrain]

Use ash to make a color you can oaint in something to mark a location or direction or write a message

[@susanschneider-baker49]

Suggestion: I know this Video is about wood ash, but I'm holding my breathe about you chopping wood... Lay a old used tire on top of your chopping block stump. Nail/Screw a few pieces of lathe on the sides of the chopping block and tire to keep it from shifting off center. The tire can be used to support tipsy wood being split. The split wood stays within the tire most of the time, so my old back doesn't have to bend and lift it to stack it. And lastly, the tire protects my ax/maul handle from hitting hard surfaces, if I were to miss or twist & slip the handle against a hard surface.

[@1erinjames]

Good info!! Thank you Using ash as a de-icer is new info to me.

[@PrepperUniversity]

Just make sure you have a place to put your shoes, sometimes it can get a little pasty.

[@1erinjames]

@@PrepperUniversity 👍 really appreciate the heads up!!

[@spacekat8249]

Very useful, thank you, there is a lot of ideas that I didn't know (tomatoes etc...).

[@PrepperUniversity]

Glad you found it helpful

[@hasdrubal121]

Potatoes, a little mixed in with the soul is very helpful. ( Irish Potatoes) that is, weird calling it that as I'm Irish and didn't know Americans called them Irish Potatoes, even though they originally came from the Americas.

[@melanieortiz712]

Use the lye from ash and make hominy from dried corn

[@motherofoblivion7497]

You forgot to mention its good as insulation, ash can keep hot coal burning for up to 24 hours a friend whos a blacksmith told me

[@blackhat2005]

You may be interested in researching "Fire Banking"

[@dizzywillow2162]

use to clean white boards

[@goldassayer93555]

Do a soil test before adding wood ash to your compost. My soil has excessive potassium so i add gypsum (calcium sulphate) to the soil not wood ash. You can use wood ash to make an alkaline solution to turn corn into hominy. This makes it more nutritious as it liberates the vitamin B. This process is called nixtamalization and used by the Mexican indians to get more nutrition out of their corn.

[@konnoskountousias5299]

you can wash your clothes, just boil ash with water and the top water. this was the main way to wash before soap...

[@l3eaver]

Im not certain that a foot stomp helps when chopping wood 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mariaolsdotter63]

But it looks really manly and cool!

[@PrepperUniversity]

Not stomping, only swinging my leg. Makes my leg act as a fulcrum and drops the weight of my torso into the swing. Generates more power that way.

[@ianmcfee5611]

@@PrepperUniversity never thought of using a counterpoise motion to increase the momentum of the maul head...plus you get that total body workout thing going

[@paulburke6469]

The wood was to high as well. He was hitting at an angle. If lower you get more downward pressure so you don't have to swing that hard.

[@l3eaver]

Ide like to add to my comment.... PS... i did get a chuckle out of @ :36-:37 💪🏼😎😏

[@davidbuzzin426]

👍🇺🇸❤

[@stolasgoetia93]

Could you do a video about how to balance the PH in your soul?

[@DjGlenJon]

buy a ph meter ...............

[@TheWerewolf2582]

Will the ash from wood pellets work as well?

[@PrepperUniversity]

As long as they are not chemically treated

[@ajax1137]

What about wood pellet ash? Safe or no?

[@paulcapocasa4416]

You just "Gotta" put on a leather jacket and hold a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.....take a photo...."Negan". Hehehe.

[@PrepperUniversity]

I get that sometimes.

[@Bullshot40]

You can use it to catch an elephant.....dig a hole....fill it with ash.....put peanuts around the hole.....when the elephant comes to eat the peanuts.....kick it in the ash!!! (Ass) get it!

[@fracturedhearts3734]

Dude get a splitting maul. You are working yourself to death and that "swing" . Are you trolling us?

[@PrepperUniversity]

Don't want a splitting maul. I like working with the axe, good exercise. I use a hand saw on the wood too...

[@fracturedhearts3734]

Did I ask you if you wanted a splitting maul? I like my axe's too Yes that are I fell a few trees every fall. I saw the saw. Now on that down swing. You don't really swing that way?

[@lauriewilliams8221]

@@fracturedhearts3734 Yes he does, I saw it with my own eyes. Don't like the leg lift though, one slip & he is on his @R$E.

[@fracturedhearts3734]

@laurie willams How does he still have two lags? I have burned wood most of my life sold fire wood and most people I know burn wood. I have never seen anyone in real life swing like that. I an 50+ and live very rural and from a rural state... It made my "Spidey sense" go hay wire LOL.