Bonfires

is there a set time you can and can't have a bonfire? Also I know they kill grass if it's under them, but does the ash in turn nourish the soil or also 'kill' the soil? I'm thinking farmers burning their fields at the end of harvest it's got to nourish right? Unsure
I've got a incinerator if it kills the soil mind you

 

Normally no set times but if you look at your local councils website it will give guidance normally.

 

I usually make sure my neighbours don't have their washing out, and no inversion layer / clouds, or the smoke will stay around.

If it is not an incinerator before you light the bonfire just check there are no hedgehogs or frogs they like to hide in unlit bonfires.



Not sure what the ash does for the borders sorry?

 

Just make sure you dont apply the ash if you have acidic soil loving plants such as hydrangeas. It will make them very unwell

 

This is no more as to smoke going a cross roads and motorways and causing pile ups and some fires getting out of control burning hedges/elec poles etc, but it did lots of good

 

Wasn't this that caused that awful motorway pile-up a short while back? :(

 

Are we talking about the one on the M5 somerset, if so, No, that was fog and help from a bonfire/fireworks
Stubble burning has been banned for about 10/15 years pos 20 years now

 

I don't know whether the same regulations apply now but some years ago bonfires couldn't be lit before sunset. I wouldn't consider lighting one until the evening anyway, especially during the summer months when most people have windows and doors open during the day.

 

We had one yesterday evening (in the incinerator) got through a lot of the pile but have barely made a dent on it overall (if that makes sense), so we're going to have to have a few more to get through this lot
To give you a clue of the battle so far, I uncovered some ivy vines growing out there today thicker than my wrist!