tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post7830681768207869815..comments2024-03-18T12:04:27.789-05:00Comments on A Home Grown Journal: The Kindling BinMama Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-18621130480409313422011-11-19T13:26:12.446-06:002011-11-19T13:26:12.446-06:00Erin - Ha! Don't I wish! But it is half full...Erin - Ha! Don't I wish! But it is half full and I'm going out in a few minutes to do some more work on it.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-35355238743170797652011-11-18T21:59:20.837-06:002011-11-18T21:59:20.837-06:00I'm so late to the party, I'm sure it'...I'm so late to the party, I'm sure it's overflowing with kindling by now!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-28680572911680716472011-11-16T19:26:32.855-06:002011-11-16T19:26:32.855-06:00Trailshome - We've used twigs and small branch...Trailshome - We've used twigs and small branches for kindling, too. I've heard of people collecting pine cones, dipping them in wax and using them in much the same way as your dryer lint and candle wax. Birch bark is highly flammable and good for starting a fire, too. Guess it all just goes to prove there's more than one way to "light your fire!"<br /><br />Leigh - No ax?? Come one, Girl, every homesteadin' woman needs her own ax! ;o}Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-84902112894475216882011-11-16T17:14:17.187-06:002011-11-16T17:14:17.187-06:00That's what I need, an ax!That's what I need, an ax!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-26378027938452985912011-11-16T16:33:17.062-06:002011-11-16T16:33:17.062-06:00That is a big kindling bin, but it's so very i...That is a big kindling bin, but it's so very important, isn't it? I go about the task a little differently. We have only about an acre and a half of woods and I like to keep it sort of tidy for walking through, so I take a wheelbarrow out and pick up sticks, use two trees growing close together as a wedge to break them between, and bring them back and stuff them into buckets. I've got about 12 buckets full now, lined up out in the lean-to, and we'll need about that much more. We need a bit more time before snow comes heavy yet. I also make fire starters out of cardboard egg cartons filled with dryer lint and old melted candles poured over the top. Break them apart and one, with a few sticks, will start anything. I guess we all find our ways to get the job done.Trailshomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091315786366864065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-41589303382623622172011-11-16T15:45:10.769-06:002011-11-16T15:45:10.769-06:002 Tramps - You're splitting kindling with a ma...2 Tramps - You're splitting kindling with a maul??!! Now that's doing it the hard way! Get yourself a good hand ax before you have a bad ak-i-dent!<br /><br />I remember when we had our combination wood/gas cooking range and how small we had to split the wood. I still miss that good old stove.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-13077840004502070402011-11-16T15:21:39.252-06:002011-11-16T15:21:39.252-06:00odiie - But how do you get the wood to catch just ...odiie - But how do you get the wood to catch just from the newspaper? We use paper with kindling on top of that, then a split piece of wood and finally a bigger log when it gets going.<br /><br />judy - I'd probably worry about your teens chopping a finger though! When I was in high school, the guy I was dating at the time was chopping kindling, missed the wood and put the ax right into his knee cap. (Cringe.) Do you know I think of that every time I use an ax?<br /><br />Susan - You're kindling me again, right? :o} (Hee-hee!)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-61958392240580353252011-11-16T10:35:50.528-06:002011-11-16T10:35:50.528-06:00Well, unless you can cut kindling in your sleep, I...Well, unless you can cut kindling in your sleep, I don't know how you were supposed to squeeze it in this summer! It's one of those jobs that is perfect for a half-hour here and there. AND so important. Can't have a good fire without good kindling. No kiddling. heheSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-8811304285933818642011-11-16T10:05:31.180-06:002011-11-16T10:05:31.180-06:00now I wish we were neighbors,I could send my teen ...now I wish we were neighbors,I could send my teen grand sons over to fill it up it would be a perfect job for them,but alas ,we don't live in my perfect world and don't have a old homesteadjudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818275450006660503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-46326405756114621422011-11-16T09:24:00.982-06:002011-11-16T09:24:00.982-06:00Snow is still coming down here. We have a couple ...Snow is still coming down here. We have a couple of inches on the ground and I think this is the sticking snow. <br />The kindling for our woodstove is newspaper. I save it up all summer. We did saw up some old pallets to use just in case.odiiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110172156488999203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-69760993391718626402011-11-16T08:43:07.268-06:002011-11-16T08:43:07.268-06:00Nancy - We woke to our first snow covering this mo...Nancy - We woke to our first snow covering this morning. Very light snow covering (not even 1/2" I don't think) but more is in the forecast.<br /><br />Yvette - No, no, I'd never take the time to stack the kindling. If I just toss it in the bin, we have a good year's supply so no worry.<br /><br />Funny you should mention the header picture and thinking of fire. It is taken toward the direction where our small town is and my daughter hates the picture because she says she always thinks it looks like town is going up in a horrible conflagration! I promise it was just a spectacular sunset!<br /><br />Ruth - Hmmm, when hubby shows up with his instructions, I think it would be a good time to hand him the ax. ;o]<br /><br />Sparkless - I plan on making a concentrated effort within the next week (hopefully) to get it filled so I don't have to think about it any more. It's a task I usually get done before fall arrives, but I didn't make it this year.<br /><br />Mama Tea - Ummm, party . . . wine . . . interesting conversation . . . laughing . . . ax . . . <br /><br />Sounds great, but can we all be trusted to avoid injury under those circumstances? ;o} (We might have to have a Designated Splitter!)<br /><br />Jane - A great big PSHAW to you! You're the most organized person I know.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-8803888843885625652011-11-16T08:36:00.999-06:002011-11-16T08:36:00.999-06:00An ax - I need to get one all my own. I am always...An ax - I need to get one all my own. I am always out chopping with a maul. It is so heavy to use for making kindling - great way to chop off a finger - I almost did last season. I can start a fire with practically nothing - anything to avoid all that chopping. We have to chop all our wood fairly small for our wood cookstove as it is. But I enjoy doing it - kind of helps clear my mind and center my soul.2 Trampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721390235821161265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-38239478214240469522011-11-16T08:11:26.462-06:002011-11-16T08:11:26.462-06:00A kindling bin?? What a great thing. I have to mak...A kindling bin?? What a great thing. I have to make it up each day when I need to start the wood cook stove. Oh boy, to have it already made up would be wonderful!! Why can I not be that organized.Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-32888432082487380422011-11-16T06:40:45.943-06:002011-11-16T06:40:45.943-06:00I like making kindling. Makes me feel like a real ...I like making kindling. Makes me feel like a real woodswoman. :) I suggest next year we have a kindling making party!Amy Dingmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955555538158746355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-76064899814399410942011-11-15T23:50:59.654-06:002011-11-15T23:50:59.654-06:00That is one large kindling bin. Are you going to ...That is one large kindling bin. Are you going to fill it up or just do bits when you have time? LOL! Like you have time! <br />I say hire a student to fill that bin up and then your worries will be over for a bit anyway.Sparklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806553694200529082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-54980418100417062982011-11-15T22:30:22.476-06:002011-11-15T22:30:22.476-06:00I like to split kindling, it's a good frustrat...I like to split kindling, it's a good frustration burner and gives me time to relax. Whenever I start, tho, hubby comes out to comment, then appropriates the ax to show me how to do it right. Grrr... Oh well, hope you get it filled before your winter gets too cold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-78325313944510807982011-11-15T21:53:01.012-06:002011-11-15T21:53:01.012-06:00You are not going to stack the kindling are you???...You are not going to stack the kindling are you??? It will still take a bit to fill the bin though. At least splitting kindling will keep you warm when it's cold outside.<br /><br />I love your header picture, but when I open your blog, I always think of fire first. I live in the mountains and something THAT bright redish/orange usually always means FIRE ... am I programmed or what?<br />Hugs<br />Yvettemtnchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457636624663214696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423140573667417407.post-88891025258322429762011-11-15T21:02:49.249-06:002011-11-15T21:02:49.249-06:00Kindling is sort of ah necessity. Newspaper rolled...Kindling is sort of ah necessity. Newspaper rolled tight can be or waxed sawdust. Looks like you are in for some sn**! Keep warm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08888669064467961669noreply@blogger.com