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OK so I feel very embarrassed asking this - its just not a manly thing to have to admit to... I can't keep my fire up!
I have one of those metal bins with the holes in and a chimney in the lid.
I can after the usual troubles get a fire started. But it seems I can't get the right mix of materials to actually do a good long burn.
During the year I'll have fresh green stuff to burn - perhaps seeded weeds that have been left longer than they should. But they need dried out before they burn. If I could get my fire roaring I can burn them off. But at that time of year I seem short on the wood to burn off.
Today I tried to get rid of some raspberry canes - didn't want to compost them as this rasp seems particularly keen on spreading everywhere and I will end up with a raspberry plant in the compost bin. Lost of dead and dried canes plus some fresh. All less than a finger thick. But I don't have much else to burn. I found some scraps of wood and got it going... but couldn't get it to sustain a decent burn. As soon as the bits of wood I added had burned the raspberry canes were no longer burning either. From what I can see a finger width rasp cane isn't hot enough for long enough to ignite another cane etc..
So what am I doing wrong... ...How do other people get enough wood for their burners to keep a decent burn going for hours on end?
I have one of those metal bins with the holes in and a chimney in the lid.
I can after the usual troubles get a fire started. But it seems I can't get the right mix of materials to actually do a good long burn.
During the year I'll have fresh green stuff to burn - perhaps seeded weeds that have been left longer than they should. But they need dried out before they burn. If I could get my fire roaring I can burn them off. But at that time of year I seem short on the wood to burn off.
Today I tried to get rid of some raspberry canes - didn't want to compost them as this rasp seems particularly keen on spreading everywhere and I will end up with a raspberry plant in the compost bin. Lost of dead and dried canes plus some fresh. All less than a finger thick. But I don't have much else to burn. I found some scraps of wood and got it going... but couldn't get it to sustain a decent burn. As soon as the bits of wood I added had burned the raspberry canes were no longer burning either. From what I can see a finger width rasp cane isn't hot enough for long enough to ignite another cane etc..
So what am I doing wrong... ...How do other people get enough wood for their burners to keep a decent burn going for hours on end?
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