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Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
These things are a huge help in shoulder season when you may have to lit fire once or twice a day.
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
Unfortunately that has felt a bit more common in southern New England in the last few years.
mpaul
Burning Hunk
Just ordered another box of these. Definitely went through more during this shoulder season then I expected.
Great product. Used them in my outdoor fireplace. Since I have free access to pinecones using that and rest of my LL Bean fatwood in the stove for startups.
Caw
Minister of Fire
Sure feels like permanent shoulder season around here. It stinks.
Same here…just more fuel saved for next season that will be even more dry.i'm okay with shoulder season until the end of march
We're definitely using less wood so far this winter.
I'm ok with a stretch of cold weather. Some fruit trees will not set buds unless it gets a required cold exposure. And cold knocks off a lot of pesky bugs that attack trees and fruit.
I'm ok with a stretch of cold weather. Some fruit trees will not set buds unless it gets a required cold exposure. And cold knocks off a lot of pesky bugs that attack trees and fruit.
Caw
Minister of Fire
A good deep freeze will kill off the ticks too. We pulled one off of Gordon just the other day. I won't take him in the woods on the trails until it's been good and cold.
SuperCedars are catalyst friendly. Fatwood is smoky, which may not be good for cats. Also, they can be cut down into 1/4s or 1/8s if one has good dry wood and kindling.
Never used fatwood. I've still got a handful of Duralogs from decades ago that I've been cutting into firestarter size pieces, but I've also bought some SuperCedars. The SuperCedars are easier to start and work as well or better. Didn't know that they are considered fully cat-friendly, though. Once the last of the Duralogs is gone, I expect I'll stick with the SCs.
Caw
Minister of Fire
I like Super Cedars they do their job very well for cheap and I like supporting family businesses but I use fatwood simply because it's neater. Even quartering the pucks in their wrapper I still ended up making a damn mess and it aggravates me to no end. Wood heat is messy enough as it is. My wife bought me a nice fatwood storage box that looks good next to the hearth and it's easy to use. The one caveat to fatwood is you need a good source, it's not all created equal. A bad batch is useless.
That said if a box of Supers ended up on my doorstep I wouldn't complain 😉. It's great for outdoor used too like the charcoal grill or fire pit.
That said if a box of Supers ended up on my doorstep I wouldn't complain 😉. It's great for outdoor used too like the charcoal grill or fire pit.
I use a utility knife to cut them into pie slices while in the wrapper but not all the way through. That contains the crumbs which I later use for starter. BrotherBart used to call it pixie dust.
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