Put your Wood Ashes to Good Use

If you have a fireplace, if you cook with wood, or if you have an outdoor fire pit, you can recycle your ashes rather than throwing them away. They're good for your lawn and garden. You can use them to melt ice to make walkways and driveways safer. Wood ash can be used to clean everything from silverware to concrete. In fact, ashes have been put to good use in a number of ways for thousands of years.