Originally Posted By oldranger
With fine white ash, why bother to bury it? Just broadcast it, or let the wind do the job. If you bury it, archaeologists of the future will thank you, because your fire residue will preserve indefinitely, like 10,000 years, easily.

It's late, and I am really picking at nits.....
lol. Got to give you archaeologists something to do. smile

No real reason to bury the ash unless you're in a hurry and the ash is still hot. I wouldn't recommend burying hot ash though because there could be enough organic material in the soil depending on where you are that a smoldering fire could start, even days later. NOT good.

I've actually done the "dust in the wind" method. The fine white ash disperses quite well. I'm not sure that will pass muster with the LNT die hards, but it seems pretty reasonable to me.

HJ
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