Bonfires

[Vince G]

Am planning to invest in a cheapy incinerator at the weekend, one of those ones that look like a dustbin with a chimney. I have some dry chick pea plants, some dried sweetcorn plants and a some woody chilli plants to dispose of - they're under tarpaulin so hopefully won't be too damp to burn. Going to have a burn over the weekend, as bonfires are banned at our field on Mondays, some ancient rule about Monday being washday.

ALERT! Daft questions coming up.

1. What should I do with the ash? Is it OK to dig into the plot?
2. How do you get the fires started - is it safe to use some sort of firelighter or fluid to get it going if I'm going to dig the ash in?
3. Any other advice.

Thanks, fellow pyros.

[veggiechicken]

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ner_68197.html
If you can avoid using lighter fuel/fire lighters it would be better. If your material is properly dry it should ignite with a bit of newspaper crumpled into it. BUT, why aren't you putting this plant material into your compost bin?

[Vince G]

Dalek is full VC, and I only have a half plot which, at peak growing season, has very few gaps on which to site a second one. I did strip off the leafy matter (which is why it's full!) so just have woody twiggy stuff to burn.

[zazen999]

The dalek's height will drop down soon enough - save your pennies and just add it in a few weeks.

[Two_Sheds]

Leave all that stuff in situ, it provides great habitat for beneficial insects over the winter. In the spring, there isn't much left, and it can go on the compost heap

[alldigging]

Don't waste £20 for the sake of a bit of tidying! Stack it neatly or leave it where it is.

[Kaiya]

Plus Daleks can always be positioned on a bed - e.g. stick one where you plan to plant squash next year.

[PyreneesPlot]

Plus Daleks can always be positioned on a bed - e.g. stick one where you plan to plant squash next year.

I did this last year after watching all that lovely dark liquid dribbling out the bottom of the bins.
And ended up with even more slugs in the veg garden. It was like something out of a horror film - night fell and the ground was just a heaving slug carpet all emerging from my daleks.

After a panic relocation the Daleks are now a 50m wheel barrow push away uphill (downhill when full of compost.

But the squashes did grow well

As for bonfires, I have a heap of the dry stuff up by the bins and chuck it in with the wet stuff as needed.

[mothhawk]

If you can avoid using lighter fuel/fire lighters it would be better. If your material is properly dry it should ignite with a bit of newspaper crumpled into it. BUT, why aren't you putting this plant material into your compost bin?

Because he's a bloke. It's a caveman thing, like with barbecues - man make fire - man poke fire - man burn meat over fire - ugg... ugg....



edit: if there's room for a dustbin incinerator, then surely there's room for a dalek?