I love having fires in our fire pit. I love setting th ewood up so that it is easy to get the fire started. We were grilling out for dinner yesterday, and we were using chunk charcoal, which is actual wood charcoal that doesn't have a lot of added chemicals. So i started to build the fire in our pit, starting with some of the log that was left from the last fire. it was big enough to lay across the pit on the edges, and then i piled up some of the grass clippings that were dried out from the last time we mowed. I placed a large amount in the center under the log, then I started to stack the thin sticks i found under the bushes for kindling. The kindling is one of the most inportnat parts of making a fire. If there is not enough kindling, the fire will not get hot enough to catch the bigger sticks and logs to make the fire last through the night. Also, it is easier to feed thinner, smaller sticks into the fire without flare ups then to plop a log onto it. If you are trying to stay concealed, thinner sticks will make a smaller fire, We will need a lot more thin sticks to last through the night, but if you have a mix of thick and thin branches as well, it shouldn't be to hard.
Once I had laid the kindling in a V shape around the larger log, i placed thicker branches around the log, on top where the kindling would catch it well. Then i took some of the charcoal that was burning from the grill, and used it to start the fire in the pit. Took a bit longer then using a lighter,
Once I had laid the kindling in a V shape around the larger log, i placed thicker branches around the log, on top where the kindling would catch it well. Then i took some of the charcoal that was burning from the grill, and used it to start the fire in the pit. Took a bit longer then using a lighter,