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I sometimes agononize about getting the fire started and keeping it going in the woodstove or out in the bush. There is no reason to be cold we have the technology.  These are some of the things I keep in mind for a hot clean burning fire.  
1)Be organized: I keep piles of dry tinder, kindling, and fuel within reach.  The tinder I get from around the woodshed or from the tips of fallen tree branches and is all smaller than my pinky finger. Kindling is smaller than my hand.  And for fuel I like a woodstove door that is big so I don't have to cut firewood so small.  
2)There are 6 sides to a fire: the top the bottom and the four sides around, keep an eye on all of them.
3)Fire needs air, fuel, and heat to burn. If you take away any of these, your fire will go out.
4)Understand how your woodstove/campfire ventilates.
Also I have been experimenting with non-petroleum jelly, cotton balls and one of those magnesium sticks. They work pretty good, but I still use matches inside.
Thanks Umbra for this (and the past garbage) info on burnables. We are about to put a rainwater collection system in.  With the stove pipe coming out of the roof, all those particulates and dioxins could come back to us sooner than later. We live in area that just got garbage collection service and still no recyling.  But we are trying.On Umbra on burning paper posted 1 year, 8 months ago 8 Responses