Fires, illegal or not in these circumstances?

[GarethM]

A soil amendment would be plain woodchip, not with half the stuff burnt away and usable by the microbial life.

 

I use the mindset, that fire ash makes a great slug repellent. Why ?, not because it's dry as it soon gets rained. But, because of the accumulation of things poisonous to slugs.

[peds]

Hm. 

 

Woodchip is a soil amendment, as is biochar, as is - when used correctly  - wood ash. 

A substance that is a combination of any of the above, in whatever proportions, is also a soil amendment. 

 

I think we are somehow straying from the point here. Not sure there ever was one, to be honest.

[GarethM]

The point was quite clear cut, plus as the self titled resident eco hippie you should be against all wasteful garden burning.

[peds]

It isn't wasteful. It is the creation of biochar and wood ash, both useful soil amendments. 

 

Right, that's it. I'm out. 

[GarethM]

2 minutes ago, peds said:

It isn't wasteful. It is the creation of biochar and wood ash, both useful soil amendments. 

 

Right, that's it. I'm out. 

And another half arsed, half thought out argument.

 

I'll just take my blue bin of cardboard and plastic, burn it in the garden and call it biochar then. Maybe I'll get the ones from the village, it's giving me money making ideas of bulk biochar.

[peds]

[Les Day]

Ok thanks to all for the replies, certainly plenty to think about. On balance it seems its illegal but I'll call EH again & see if they'll put their response into writing, doubtful I know. Or maybe just easier to take the merry widow the odd bottle.

 

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Les Day said:

Ok thanks to all for the replies, certainly plenty to think about. On balance it seems its illegal but I'll call EH again & see if they'll put their response into writing, doubtful I know. Or maybe just easier to take the merry widow the odd bottle.

 

Have you heard of the saying about letting sleeping dogs lie?