Cash was the best dog I ever had. He was a great big Australian Shepherd, with a HUGE heart. Got him the day Johnny Cash died
My parents and barber still get the newspaper delivered and both save them for us. Pick em up every 2 to 3 weeks. Ive got a rubbermaid trash can full of em. 2 to 4 crumbled up with some kindling and one match, bingo bango, fire.
More true than most realize! Been thinking about getting a tractor this year and thinking about sooner than later. Don’t wanna be too hasty but also hate to get stuck with a wad of cash that ain’t worth jack!
I used to use pine cones as fire starters. The big ones worked best. From white pine maybe? They were about as big as your hand. I’d pick up a bucket full, then dip them in canning wax. That coated the sticky sap, dust, and the occasional bug. Made them a lot cleaner, and the wax helped them burn. They'd store for years. Then I got lazy, and started using Weber Lighter Cubes. But if you do the pine cone thing, you might not be able to afford to use them. Couldn't believe it when I googled it...
I use a couple handfuls of noodles. Sawing up large trees, the noodle cuts allow me to manage loading. I’m left with free fire starter.
Newspaper with softwood kindling. We dont get a daily paper but a weekly town one. I wont use advertising slicks or glossy paper, only newsprint.
Sorry about those other pics. Not sure what happened(fat fingers lol). And yes, it's a slushie machine. $500 wasn't too hateful. And I had the bed of the truck full. Then the land manager pulls up and says don't worry about cleaning up. I kept 2 big garbage bags full and spread the rest.
Homemade fire starters...on the cheap. No paper or kindling of any kind, just full size splits and one homemade fire starter. I've used a torch a couple times, but honestly, these starters are way faster than the torch. And sometimes i need the torch to warm the flue and stop a down draft.
I use all recycling paper and cardboard matter, dryer lint, birch and black locust bark and chafe heartwood and sapwood that comes as a bi-product off the splitter. Brown paper bags are excellent. In Canada, we love our Tim Hortons coffee cups so I collect those and put a few in at a time.
