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NikkiMcRory said:Our home backs up to the Santa Monica Mountain Reserve, so there is some ash coming strictly from trees, grass and brush.

However we have neighbors on both sides of us that lost their homes and when you look at the flames as there houses were burning they were very much blowing on our direction.
From where my garden is, I would guess that one house is approximately 500 feet or less away.

Ok... Just read this....

I wouldn't worry too much about flames from 500 feet away... And... Ash and embers from the trees shouldn't be an issue either.

It still comes down to what the beds were constructed from, and... What the ph was before the fire.

They sell ph testers online and in some garden supply centers.

Should be a simple thing to determine whether the ph is safe for the veggies.

A my house... I pile brush in the new garden areas, and shovel dig the soil after burning the brush pile(s). But... I'm in acidic sand.