Fred Wright
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Folks,
The SheWolf gets credit for this one. She was out in the yard awhile back and said something about the mess where I'd been splitting wood. You know, the little bits and chips, the splinters and bark fragments that accumulate around a wood splitter.
She suggested that it would make for good kindling. I figured the stuff wouldn't burn. It had been rained on and was OK where it was. But you don't just tell the missus no. Ya gotta prove her right... or wrong.
Last weekend I took a leaf rake and gathered a tote load of it. Put it next to the wood totes for the stove. Let it dry for a few days. Started a fire this evening, laid a handful of the stuff on some crumpled newspaper and lit.
Man, it got to burning quick. I laid some starter wood in and had a nice fire in a few minutes.
Thoughts?
The SheWolf gets credit for this one. She was out in the yard awhile back and said something about the mess where I'd been splitting wood. You know, the little bits and chips, the splinters and bark fragments that accumulate around a wood splitter.
She suggested that it would make for good kindling. I figured the stuff wouldn't burn. It had been rained on and was OK where it was. But you don't just tell the missus no. Ya gotta prove her right... or wrong.
Last weekend I took a leaf rake and gathered a tote load of it. Put it next to the wood totes for the stove. Let it dry for a few days. Started a fire this evening, laid a handful of the stuff on some crumpled newspaper and lit.
Man, it got to burning quick. I laid some starter wood in and had a nice fire in a few minutes.
Thoughts?