Q: What becomes of the wood created by the city removing ash trees? Does the emerald ash borer die when the tree is cut? Is it safe to use as firewood? If it is moved does the live bug have the ...

Wood ash can be a valuable addition to your garden soil, bringing with it essential nutrients like potassium and phosphorus. In fact, ashes from your wood-burning fireplace can improve your garden’s ...

CORVALLIS – With last year’s storms, particularly the substantial ice event, there’s plenty of firewood around Oregon. Many homeowners wonder what to do with all the ashes left behind after the flames ...

If you're cleaning out your fireplace, don't throw away that wood ash. It contains many helpful nutrients that could benefit ...

After a cozy night by the fireplace, most people scoop out the ash and toss it without a second thought. But did you know ...

I had an unusual question from one of my readers while at the butcher shop in Jeromesville a few years ago. She was concerned about throwing wood ash on her garden and whether the practice of ...

Antony Torcasio has been cutting a grove of big ash trees in Ridgefield. Big, dying ash trees. "You see a lot of that," Torcasio, of Torcasio Tree Services in Danbury, said. "I think someday, they'll ...

Delaware is surrounded by the emerald ash borer, an insect that can destroy a stand of mature ash trees in a matter of years. It's in Pennsylvania, the western shore of Maryland and New Jersey, but so ...

I want to make a few comments about firewood. One of the reasons is because I'm seeing a lot more of it being moved around this year than normal. Apparently, last year caused most people to use up ...

Last month we published a video with 7 ways to recycle your firewood ash. That video now has nearly 1/2 million views but more importantly over 1,200 really good comments and ideas for more ways to ...

What to do with the surfeit of wood likely to result as Iowa's ash trees succumb to the emerald ash borer is a “big concern,” said State Forester Paul Tauke. “That's going to be a huge issue” in the ...