Just how long do you burn kindling before you add larger pieces to it? I'm having a hard time gauging how big an ember bed I need, before putting the big boy wood on there. Do you burn a lot of kindling wood for quite a while, or just jam a "big boy" log on there while the kindling is cranking? What's YOUR method?
I'm learning that timing is everything, ...........from the development of the start up bed, to the adding of wood during a long burn.
Then there's times like last night, where it just so happened that the two pieces of dry wood I put on the fire were such a hard wood, that they burned internally, and barely showed any flame at all. Esthetically, not all that appealing, and I was constantly trying to re-adjust the logs to get flames (I know, I know......the flames are not as desirable as the hot burn..........after all, it's the heat that we benefit from).
-Soupy1957
I'm learning that timing is everything, ...........from the development of the start up bed, to the adding of wood during a long burn.
Then there's times like last night, where it just so happened that the two pieces of dry wood I put on the fire were such a hard wood, that they burned internally, and barely showed any flame at all. Esthetically, not all that appealing, and I was constantly trying to re-adjust the logs to get flames (I know, I know......the flames are not as desirable as the hot burn..........after all, it's the heat that we benefit from).
-Soupy1957