Comments on: Wood Shavings Fire Starters

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:39 +0000

Great ideas, I have collected a bag of cones and my woodworking friend supplys the shavings.
I could not see which of your tests worked the best. I was planning to use cupcake cases instead of egg cartons so I could give a little pack to friends

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:04:38 +0000

In reply to Faye. Thank you so much Faye! I truly appreciate your comment. gail

By: Faye

Faye — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:57:48 +0000

I love all your beautiful discoveries that you make. Taking discorded items and making them into beautiful useful items. Thank you for sharing so many ideas. Please keep sharing your talents.

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 23:39:22 +0000

In reply to Tressa.

Awesome idea Tressa!!

Good luck, and enjoy your firestarters.

gail

By: Tressa

Tressa — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 20:20:45 +0000

Thanks for this post! This is exactly the route I was hoping to go and I’m glad to see you have done it successfully. Looking forward to repurposing pine bedding from our hedgehog cage into fire starters for our wood furnace. And I believe I have more than a few old candles I can use for wax!

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:35:58 +0000

In reply to Elic.

Elic,

Congrats on the weight loss! You like the marshmallows just the way I do. I’ve heard about dryer lint. Currently, I have a whole bin full, maybe I’ll do some of that for fall. I think people put it in tissue rolls?
gail

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:33:57 +0000

In reply to Jennie.

Ohhh, no! You didn’t save any? they make really great firestarters! Especially when they’re dry.
I’m so happy to hear no one was hurt! That’s really scary.

gagil

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:32:33 +0000

This was really funny timing for this blog post. Our home had a 50+ year old, 45’ tall pine tree in our front yard. During a particularly bad monsoon storm last month it fell across our yard, the street, and squashed my neighbors cars. All is well, thank God no one was hurt but when they cut it up there were hundreds of pine cones everywhere. See there was something I could have done with them.

By: Elic

Elic — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 17:45:08 +0000

Another good thing to use to start fires is dryer lint. My sister just uses the lint, but I’ve also seen it with lint and wax. Since cotton fabric makes lint more than other fabrics, you don’t end up with a lot of chemicals.

And I like my marshmallows just golden and crispy on the outside and warm and gooey on the inside. I do agree with the graham crackers being softer rather than crispy. However, due to my corn allergy, the only marshmallows I can safely eat are “Dandies” since they have tapioca starch rather than corn starch. However, I’ve been on a diet for almost 5 months – I’ve lost over 10 pounds, maybe closer to 15 or 20 and eating marshmallows isn’t on my diet.

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 02:36:37 +0000

In reply to Helen.

They work soooo well!

good luck!

gail