Wood ash from your fireplace, wood stove, or outdoor boiler may seem like a waste product, but there are a surprising number of uses for wood ash. Historically, wood ash was an asset, and there are still plenty of creative ways to use wood ash in your modern home, garden, and kitchen!
12. Control wood-ash dust. Sprinkle the morning’s coffee grounds on ashes before scraping them from your stove or when you prepare to empty the ash pan. 13. Deodorize closets, cabinets, and the fridge. To remove stale or musty odors, fill an empty butter tub with coffee grounds, punch ...
Castile soaps originate from the Spanish region of Castile. While the original recipe for Aleppo soap required laurel oil, this type of oil was in short supply, but the city of Castile had easy access to olive oil. That enabled the creation of a pure white soap that was very mild and ef...
an effective cooking stove appeared by 1815. It burned wood on a contained hearth and had an iron top above with covered holes for pots. A fire door opened beside the hearth. Improvements flowed steadily thereafter, including anoven—first above the stove top but eventually located beneath it—...