Several months ago I stumbled upon a YouTube series of videos that followed a family living in the mountains of somewhere in Eastern Europe. It was a remote place, and the way of life there was markedly unlike our modern American life. This family heated their house and cooked on a wood-fueled stove, which the mother of the family started every morning.
I also start our woodstove every morning, so I was interested to see how she did it. She used a small stick that she shaved into a firestarter by splitting it very finely with a big knife all on one end.
It looked like a serious drag to have to do that every morning.
I start our woodstove using the kids' old math books (thin paper that catches easily), torn-up Amazon delivery boxes, and kindling my boys split for me.
3 comments:
Oh no, not the math books! 😀
I hate how there are so many partial pages and covers that the teachers send home at the end if the school year. I'm glad you're putting them to good use!
We start our fires with egg cartons and sheets of the local weekly newspaper. (And kindling my husband splits.)
Having taught math workbooks, I know the quality varies. Starting fires with the unused pages is a valid purpose for some workbook pages!
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