1. Wood Ash
The
Natural
Choice
How is
Wood Ash Distributed?
RMI delivers wood ash to customers in
large trucks.
How Do Farmers
Spread Wood Ash?
Wood ash is spread using traditional
farm equipment for manure spreading.
A tractor and manure spreader are ideal
for spreading the wood ash evenly on
fields. In a farm application, wood ash
may be placed on top of the field or
mixed into the soil.
What Are the
Environmental Benefits?
The benefits of wood-fired power plants
are two-fold:
• They produce local, clean
renewable energy and organic
wood ash.
• Recycling wood ash reduces our
reliance on landfills where the
wood ash would otherwise be
thrown away.
In addition to these direct environmental
benefits, providing wood ash to farmers
helps them decrease their farming costs,
which reduces the cost of the healthy
food they grow.
Wood ash spreading represents a win-
win situation for New England farms
and communities.
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2. On a small scale,wood ash from home wood
stoves is good for plants too!
Where Does
Wood Ash Come From?
There are several power plants in New
England that burn trees to generate
electricity. Heat from burning the wood
makes steam; the steam turns large,
rotating engines called turbines, which
generate electricity. After the wood has
burned there is a lot of wood ash left
over, very similar to ash from home
wood stoves.
How do Power Plants
Recycle Their Wood Ash?
In New England power plants have been
using wood to make electricity for over
20 years. The wood ash is then used by
farmers on their fields to help grow their
crops. Wood ash is also used to improve
topsoil for local gardens and in fertilizer
products such as organic compost.
How Do Farmers
Use Wood Ash?
Just like people, plants need food to
grow healthy and strong. Plants get their
food from soil. Many soils in New En-
gland are missing nutrients that plants
need. Farmers add wood ash and other
fertilizers to their solid so their plants
have a full and balanced diet. Wood ash
is less expensive than fertilizers farm-
ers can buy from a store. Farmers save
approximately $40 per acre compared to
commercial fertilizer and lime.
Do All Crops
Like Wood Ash?
Crops which grow best in “sweet” soils
(a pH of 6 to 7) will benefit from wood
ash. At these higher pH levels, the
plants use fertilizer more efficiently, and
grow bigger and stronger. Hay, corn,
alfalfa, and vegetables all benefit from
wood ash.A stockpile of wood ash.
Pumpkins love wood ash in their diet.