I use ashes from my burn piles too I mix it in with the other stuff and get some great results. This is the tress I cut up that came down in the hurricane.
This place is a lot of work to maintain but I could never go back to living in a neighborhood. I don't like driving in traffic, none of that. You can't make as much money but it's so worth it. Solitude and quiet is as good as it gets. If you have that, none of the other shit matters as much.