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Originally Posted by thinkxingu
We used those early on but found the Super Cedars to be better and less expensive. Have you tried them?
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I start with a small length of birch bark, then a bed of shredded 10 year-old IRS tax returns, then a pine cone, then a loose bunch of sticks (they land naturally in my driveway) broken into four-inch pieces on top of the pine cone (giving space for air). Pine without bark is best. All this is built between two large "rounds" (from my winter windfalls) and a couple of split pieces of birch. (Birch "catches" readily).
And, to paraphrase Thinx:
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—air control totally open and the door cracked a bit for a few minutes.
The kindling gets the draft going and, once the flame is up, I close the door and wait to develop a good flame before shutting the air down 1/2 and then, eventually, to 2/3. When I need an extended burn, I shut it all the way. (My stove doesn’t allow zero air intrusion--a good thing).
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Why spend the money--especially today--when the fuel to start a woodstove fire falls into your yard?