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RE: Be Careful Adding Wood Ash to the Garden 🔥Fire & Hard Lesson Learned...
I'm surprised at how many people still use grills on decks. It's a disaster waiting to happen. "It's propane, so it's safe." Uhm, nope. See that grease? Knock the grill over, and see what happens... haha
Agreed! I push mine out into the driveway where it's about 20'+ from the house. My whole grill flared up from the grease and it was a pretty big fire on its own! Older decks that have been treated heavily over the years with chemicals and now are dried out like drift wood - that really is a disaster waiting to happen.
I have a grill that has both charcoal and propane because honestly, cooking with gas sort of scares me. And because there's nothing like charcoal grilling! I've seen some crazy mishaps with fires in my time. But, I've been burned & learned 🔥😆🔥
When I tell people about their home fire insurance and using a grill on their deck, they look at me as if I am an alien. /sigh Lots of people are... hopeless.
That's something you find out the hard way - "sorry, that's not covered"
Insurance companies love when people deep fry frozen turkeys on their deck.. Most companies cover 'acts of God', but not 'acts of stupidity'..lol
I left a grill unattended and it caught on fire. I typically NEVER do that, but it figures that the one exception to my own rule almost caused a grill fire. It really only takes once. Man, I scared the crap outta myself so bad I don't think I'll ever do it again.
It sounds like you guys have the space and place to do it. Do you have a "fire pit" there for hanging out around an outside fire?
I have a few areas for fire, but mostly for utility. I'd love to have a nice fire ring and lounge area in the near future. I have always enjoyed sitting by a fire, but haven't don't much of that since we moved to this place.
I have a 'burn pile' (now) big enough to probably be seen from space if I lit it 😆. You could say it came with the house.. I've just added to it. The dimensions of this pile are 15' diameter and about 8' high. Needless to say it is a far away from the house. My neighbors have a great setup and I am going to make a very nice setup once I knock some tasks off the priority list. I have so much to do around this place, we haven't even thought of entertaining guests for parties or anything yet. This house was in major need of repair when we bought it a year ago and is a slow process - my father and I have done all the work. He works full time and I work double full time..lol I wanted a fixer upper and I got it!
I have a few 55 gallon drums, cut in half, with holes drilled all around it. I use these to burn sticks that drop - which is a never ending endeavor with all the massive maple trees that 'self-prune'. Speaking of, we just had a wicked storm last night - it'll be a trailer load to pick up today.
I also have a barrel that I burn cherry woods and apple wood - I make my own hardwood charcoal. My uncle got me started with that and I haven't bought charcoal since last year.
That... is a good post. I'd love to see the process! That being how you are making your own charcoal!
Just grabbed a truckload of firewood, today, so I'll have to get on that! I think you might've inspired a tutorial, @finnian. I always use the smaller 'chunks' for charcoal and when you buy bulk firewood by the scoop - there's always plenty. I take out the finer material (bark and dust) and use it in compost, while the block sized chunks get up cycled to charcoal for the grill. Living dollar to dollar will quickly teach resourcefulness. I call it being broke, but others refer to it as 'humble beginnings'..😆