How to Make Your Own Fireplace Kindling
One of the best parts of owning a fireplace is tending to your own firewood. A simple part of that process is collecting and preparing your own kindling. Kindling is the intermediate stage of building a fire, using small and medium-sized bits of wood to go from ignition to a fire that is ready to have logs put into it.
Things You Will Need
- Box or basket
- Hatchet
Making kindling requires collecting and shaping wood scraps into the right size, and then making sure they are properly seasoned for easy burning.
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Take a box or basket out into a wood lot and start collecting twigs, pine cones, sticks and small branches.
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Use the hatchet to chop and split big sticks and small tree branches into medium-sized kindling. The twigs and small sticks will serve as small branches. Also, chop anything that looks like it is longer than the width of your hearth down to size.
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Place the prepared kindling in a dry place for at least 3 months.
Photo Credits
- Wikimedia Commons
- Wikimedia Commons
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