Re: building a campfire - sometimes it's just not right
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Not that I think effects of a campfire "improve" anything, but regarding harm to soil, there's this, from a standard source on gardening:
One standard cord (128 cubic feet; a small truckload) of firewood will produce about one bushel of ashes.... (1.25 cubic feet).
Wood ash is useful as a fertilizer to improve the fertility of soils and as a source of lime to "sweeten" acidic soils.
The pH of ashes is very high, usually 8 to 12, so care must be taken not to use too much on small areas such as gardens, flower boxes, flower beds, and small vegetable gardens.
For using wood ash, a rate or 25 to 50 pounds per 1,000 square feet of soil area is a general rule of thumb...
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