Kindling

[BSH1F]

I've been on this forum for a couple months now and have learned years of experience in a short time, one topic i have yet to see (our maybe I missed it) is how does everyone store kindling? I gather my good scraps up while splitting but I'm not sure that's enough to go into next year. I got bored one day and started a kindling rack were i used to store my wood. I just split the wood until it's (broken image removed)less than an inch. I've built a bigger rack for my wood but i figure if i can fill this up before freezing Temps that should be a season of good kindling. I don't like fire logs or anything like that to start my fire, how do you guys do it so you have kindling down to the last fire in spring?

 

[gyrfalcon]

I do pretty much the same as you. I get my wood c/s/d, and there's always a pretty large quantity of smalls and splitting debris. I have a section of my woodshed where I stack the full length splinters and 1 and 2-inchers up next to the bigger splits, and several stacked cardboard boxes for the small fragments.

I don't actually use all that much of it outside "shoulder season" because I'm rarely starting a fire from a totally cold start. My wood is pretty dry, so it doesn't take much to light off a 3 or 4-inch split. Even if there are only some small hot coals in the AM, the stove is still warm, so I just throw a handful of the fragments on them, open the air all the way and go brush my teeth. Once they're going, I can go right to a couple of 3-inchers, throw on some clothes, pour the coffee, and the stove is in business.

 

[NordicSplitter]

I burn on the average of about 9-11 face cords per season.....2 face cords of that is nothing but kindling wood. 6 pieces per start of a new fire. Already had a few fires..burning pallet slats and chunks of cottonwood and pine.

 

[tigeroak]

2 face cords is a lot of kindling. Last year we used 12 pallets cut up, we didn't use and of the parts that had nails in the stove. This year I am using maple [soft] about 1 foot long and split small to start fires. My kindling box is about 3 x 3 x 3 and is filled 1 time, rounded.

 

[psebowhunter]

Mine is not nearly as clean looking as that. I have one large box and two Rubbermaid totes full of sticks next to my big box of ripped up cardboard and stacks of newspaper. I collect the sticks through out the year as I mow, and then send the kids out into the woods on a stick gathering expedition in September with four wheelers and wagons. My whole setup is in the "wood burning end" of the basement so having it set up like that works for me. I also have a rubber mat from TSC down there so I can split the occasional split that is just a little to big without hitting the cement.

 

[BSH1F]

2 face cords is a lot of kindling. Last year we used 12 pallets cut up, we didn't use and of the parts that had nails in the stove. This year I am using maple [soft] about 1 foot long and split small to start fires. My kindling box is about 3 x 3 x 3 and is filled 1 time, rounded.

I just cut down a huge silver maple that had alot of 6" sections. i have a few peices for this year, that stuff makes the best kindling imho

 

[cptoneleg]

Do not have much need for kindling anymore burn 7/24s and when I do start fires Dry Wood starts so easy very little if any kindling is required.

 

[KD0AXS]

I built this box for kindling. It's made out of plywood, but not your ordinary plywood. I get this stuff from a company I deliver stuff for. They build stage platforms, and this is just leftover scrap they would normally throw away. It's 1" thick plywood and it has an aluminum backing on one side and plastic backing on the other side. I've also used it to build lots of shelving in the garage and basement.

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[KindredSpiritzz]

nothing beats birch bark for starting a fire. I hoard that when available. Wood scraps are easy enough to come by on the floor in the basement wood room anytime i need it. Once November rolls around the fires going 24/7 so kindling isnt used much.

 

[kukuna]

I use good 'ol pine cones or scrap pine/poplar that I buy where I work, for a buck a 20 lb. bag. I just gotta beat out the guy who also buys it and sells it on the side of the road for $6 a bag.......

 

[Fred Wright]

We use tree brush for kindling. Drag a pile over by the wood stack and fill a tote with twigs and branches as needed. The bigger stuff gets cut up for starter wood.

Haven't run out yet. There's always more brush than we can use in a winter.

 

[red oak]

I just use a couple of cardboard boxes. I don't need that much, especially as winter gets colder and I'm burning pretty much non-stop.