It is late afternoon in a wood in October. You have a lighter that works, a sheltered spot and a pile of sticks. The lighter flame licks a handful of dead leaves, they flare, curl and go black. You try again with a few twigs on top. Smoke, a hiss, nothing. Twenty minutes later the lighter is cold in your fingers, the light is going, and you still have no…
In this lesson
The fire triangle
Heat
Fuel
Oxygen
Using the triangle to diagnose
Tinder, kindling and fuel: grading and quantity
Dead standing wood versus wood on the ground
The snap test and judging dryness
Firewood by species
Burning green wood
What never to burn
Check yourself
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