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Originally Posted by customgreen
I use coffee grounds also, and a little bit of wood ash. My neighbor behind me is from Thailand and she swears by wood ashes. She uses it all the time. I use only a very little bit as well as the eggshells, and used coffee grounds. It all goes into the compost bin which is 1/2 yard capacity.
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I use ash as well.
I add sawdust from the table saw, I burn the leaves and sticks from the yard, and then I also add the curlings from my dad's lathing that mulches down. The ash is what adds the carbon to the soil. Burn the little stuff for ash, but smash the charcoal from the bigger mass. That is what gives you that rich, black soil.