I have no use for kindling. Most of my reloads are on a bed of coals. If I am starting a new fire I just load in the splits and put 1 or 2 of the rutland firestarting squares in and the fire takes off. Only place I use kindling is in the chimnea.How are you all making/getting your kindling?
Seems like every year about this time I contemplate the best way. Hatchet? A bunch of fast pumps on the splitter? Tire and an axe? Just pick up all the splitter scraps and dry them on a tarp?
So does mineMy splitter makes plenty of kindling.
I find it works much better with a cheese sauceor broccoli. Yeah, definitely broccoli
X3.So does mine
I store and dry my splitter scraps in garbage and 55 gallon barrels. Got tons of it.How are you all making/getting your kindling?
Seems like every year about this time I contemplate the best way. Hatchet? A bunch of fast pumps on the splitter? Tire and an axe? Just pick up all the splitter scraps and dry them on a tarp?
I just let it dry outside and put it in big bags.X3.
Toss the splitter bits in three dedicated 33-gallon trash cans that I installed vents on. Plenty of kindling for a season.
Mainly just use a couple pieces of fatwood but it's always nice to have some kindling on hand. Also, since I'm in the middle of the woods, there is never a shortage of downed branches from the wind.
I've also got a regular sized kindling cracker and it works great. Its best to use nice clear splits that resplit easily. I can fill a 10 gal trash can in a few minutes which lasts me a few weeks, I have to restart a fire every day practically. Watch out for chinese knock offs on amazon of these.Kindling Cracker XL, 3 lb sledge and my 11 year old son!
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When we renovated this old house years ago
After removing the plaster we were left with the lath
piles and piles of it . Kept me in good dry match lite
kindling for many many years Wish I still had some !!