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Indoor Kindling Storage

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  1. jfhrtn

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    Been splitting some of red cedar kindling the past couple days. I have been looking for some old wooden ammo boxes to store my kindling in. That way I could put it inside by the fireplace. Looking for ideas though.

    Let's see some pics of everyone's kindling storage ideas. I am looking for some good ideas for storage and couldn't think of a better way than seeing everyone's storage containers in the community.

    Here is the red cedar:

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    I no longer use it, I switched to Super Cedars. I get 4 fires from one 'puck' and 10 of them take up very little space.
     
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    We have white cedar up here. Use that beautiful red cedar and make yourself a crate in which to store kindling in!
     
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    Picture a milk crate...then use a milk crate.:D

    Or just throw it with the other firewood.
     
  5. jfhrtn

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    I might have to try to find some old school milk crates. I am constantly on the lookout for old crates/containers at the flea markets. They are hard to find. I should have split this cedar in half so I could nail them in a line. Not sure how I could use these splits to build a container beyond most have 3 sides

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  7. RobGuru

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    Here's my kindling storage. I just collect sticks from the yard after a big wind. Typically, we get a huge mound of sticks, twigs, and small branches piled up in the box. It's mounted on a 4'x4' pallet (approx) and made out of 1"x1" posts with plyboard nailed to it. Ugly but effective.
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    Although perhaps not too ugly. Was attractive enough to attract a resting carrier pigeon. Origin of that... unknown. :bug:

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    Apple crates would look nice by the fireplace.

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    I'd take a pic but I'm just using two 5 gallon buckets. Works just fine. Cool seeing others pics though!
     
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    I used to use a copper wash tub.

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    I have two of those kept in the garage.
    A couple handful or so in a plastic tote by the stove.

    Easy ignition pine for those not familiar.
     
  15. Eric VW

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    Soooo....you prefer the crack?:whistle::rofl: :lol:
    -ed container, that is....:yes:
     
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    You crack me up Eric VW.
     
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    :tip:
    There's plenty of fellow hoarders here with timely and hilarious cracks on all sorts of things....
    Have you visited this thread:
    Funny Pictures Thread - Post Em up!

    You will :rofl: :lol:, you will :eek:, you will :).... and that's just at the pics posted....
    So much here at FHC, you end up giving as much of your time as you do sharing it!:handshake:
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    I just did a quick look and there's some funny stuff in there. Thanks for the link.
     
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    I use a plastic recycling bin out in the garage for storing my cedar kindling. I split it into 1" thick "boards", store them in the loft of the barn for a summer, then split them with a small hatchet into slivers. I make a batch once every other month or so, mainly use them during the shoulder seasons..
     
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    There's no preference. It's what I have.
     
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