Edaw
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Pretty much. It just reduces the cost by like 10% in combination with conventional chemical solutions.
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BrutulTM
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Weeds heal soil. I think we're just learning to think about them that way in agriculture. I heard a podcast with a range consultant who was riding around in a rancher's pasture and saw a patch of milkweed when there was none in the surrounding area. She asked what happened there and the guy sheepishly admitted that he had buried a bunch of old car batteries in that spot. Milkweed can take up heavy metals, especially zinc, and they were growing there doing just that.
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Which is a zillion times easier as far as soil cleanup goes. Pack them in to a cube and put the cub in a mountain.
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B_Mizzle
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I was pretty happy with myself this past holidays I successfully lit 3 fires with just wood paper camp axe and 1 match per fire. Needless to say I've prepped matches.
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update on these grocery cubes i'm using, i guess the cloth strength is neg 10 once its in the freezer for a while, all the straps broke off, idk if it's chineseium or what, but i guess i'll have to find a vinyl or plastic solution? sucks cuz it was working pretty well (until they snapped)
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Borzak
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In scouts we always had contest using one match for fastest to burn and pop the baloon above it with water in it.
I will say a piece of lighter pine about the size of match give or take is a fanastic fire starter. It never goes out. It's basically some wood wrapped around turpentine. Also know if you throw one in the fireplace when the fire is already going and it's the size of a brick you will be moving your chair back in short order.
What's funny you still see adults sometimes trying to light a fire with a match or a lighter and they pick up a gigantic stick and hold the lighter to it like suddenly a stick the size of your arm is going to catch fire and presto.
Diesel and styrofoam
I will say a piece of lighter pine about the size of match give or take is a fanastic fire starter. It never goes out. It's basically some wood wrapped around turpentine. Also know if you throw one in the fireplace when the fire is already going and it's the size of a brick you will be moving your chair back in short order.
What's funny you still see adults sometimes trying to light a fire with a match or a lighter and they pick up a gigantic stick and hold the lighter to it like suddenly a stick the size of your arm is going to catch fire and presto.
Diesel and styrofoam
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BrutulTM
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My dad always told us we only got one match to start the camp fire. My go to was always dry pine needles as kindling but as an adult I learned to find fat wood which is pretty awesome if you can get it. Pine needles are still the shit but a chunk or two of fat wood can get you over the hump when the regular shit isn't working so well. I have meant to get better using flint and steel. I've gotten fires going with them but you really need some nice, dry kindling to get that to work. I bought a can of magnesium shavings as a cheat. Much easier than trying to shave it off those little square fire starters.
If you have styrofoam, you don't need diesel. I burned a few large chunks of styrofoam that my new TV came packed in out in my burning barrel and basically caused a minor ecological disaster. I had flames coming 10 feet out of the burning barrel and the cloud of black smoke practically made my house disappear even though I was only 50 yards away from it. It was pretty impressive. My neighbor drove by and I'm kind of surprised he didn't call the fire department.
If you have styrofoam, you don't need diesel. I burned a few large chunks of styrofoam that my new TV came packed in out in my burning barrel and basically caused a minor ecological disaster. I had flames coming 10 feet out of the burning barrel and the cloud of black smoke practically made my house disappear even though I was only 50 yards away from it. It was pretty impressive. My neighbor drove by and I'm kind of surprised he didn't call the fire department.
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Magnesium bars are the shit. I've got one in my bugout bag, and every year I start the first fire in the fireplace with it just to appreciate the lighter for the rest of the year. But really, some Kleenex/toilet tissue, and a magnesium bar and a knife and you should be able to get anything going. And you should have all that shit with you whenever you're in that kind of situation anyway
BrutulTM
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Ferro rods like this one...
Are vastly superior to the little ones on the magnesium fire starters. Starting a fire outdoors with wood you just gathered is also vastly different than in your fireplace with no wind and cured firewood, even if you are lucky enough to have some dry toilet paper available for kindling.
Are vastly superior to the little ones on the magnesium fire starters. Starting a fire outdoors with wood you just gathered is also vastly different than in your fireplace with no wind and cured firewood, even if you are lucky enough to have some dry toilet paper available for kindling.
Borzak
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Styrofoam and diesel makes napalm meaning you can stick it to something while it is on fire and it sticks.