The Old Folks Home

[NotAFarm]

Sunny with a high of 77F here today…perfect weather!

 

[pennyJo1960]

You have what we normaly do of a summer ..

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey old Folks hope you are all well.

 

[bruceha2000]

Isn't that the normal way to start up a wood stove?

It is how Al (Lumnah Acres on YouTube) does it.

Funny, Al, so do we! Is there any other way? Easiest way to start hard wood fires. Kindling, a wad of paper, cribbage small splits to start with and apply the propane torch!

Any other way and you will be inventing new swear words before you know it.

If you go to all the trouble of kindling, wad of paper and crib of small splints you just need a match! That is how I do it. Blowtorch is for if you don't want to deal with all the little prep stuff.

 

[microchick]

It is how Al (Lumnah Acres on YouTube) does it.


If you go to all the trouble of kindling, wad of paper and crib of small splints you just need a match! That is how I do it. Blowtorch is for if you don't want to deal with all the little prep stuff.

Yeah, but if you use all the 'little prep stuff', Bruce and then apply the forced air flame of a propane torch, and if you have the small starter wood stacked just right, that fire will be burning in 30 seconds flat without having to huff and puff and fan and...well you get the picture.

The forced air from the torch is the ticket!

 

[bruceha2000]

I still think it is cheating

 

[CapricornFarm]

We split wood by hand until we retired and realized how much wood we would need to heat our home 6 months out of the year. My shoulders were starting to bother me with arthritis so I knew I wouldn't be much help and DH couldn't do it all by himself so I said 'we need a splitter'.

I think it's right in line with our Tractor and chain saws when it comes to valuable farm equipment.

I think he will have to give in eventually.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Isn't that the normal way to start up a wood stove?

Um, no. I put in logs, twigs, and a bit of paper. Apply lit match. Fire started.

 

[CapricornFarm]

You are not going to have a blow torch if you are lost in the woods. Good kindling is the key to getting fires going.

 

[microchick]

I think he will have to give in eventually.

You are not going to have a blow torch if you are lost in the woods. Good kindling is the key to getting fires going.

He figured out how many cords of wood we were going to need and said, come on, we are heading to tractor supply to buy a splitter. Got a 28 ton with a Honda motor.

Hey, Cap, no plans to get lost in the woods, lol. At our age, easier is better. Yesterday I was stripping dry mint leaves from stems for tea, saving the stems and tying them into little bundles. DH asked me what they were for and I told him kindling. They will light up easy and make the room smell good while they are burning.

Kindling is important.