How To Build a Campfire?

To save yourself time, take a fire starter with you that you prepared at home.

• For a biodegradable campfire, starter takes some toilet paper rolls stuffed with lint from your dryer. This source will burn for a little while longer than dried leaves or paper plates and give you a chance to get your kindling wood going. Of course, you will need some matches or even better a lighter.
• Place your starter in the center of the fire and build up a small teepee of dry twigs around the starter. You will need to build your campfire gradually, that’s where the patience comes in. So get the twigs burning first then begin adding slightly larger sticks.
• The best approach is to sort your wood in various sizes to build a fire gradually. Always add the wood in a teepee shape to allow for proper airflow. Fire needs oxygen to grow.
• The type of wood you use is essential. Evergreen woods like pine, spruce, and cedar should be your last choice for fuel. These trees have a lot of sap and crackle and smoke more than hardwoods like oak. So go for the hardwoods when planning your campfire.
• Naturally, you need dry wood. You will not be able to build a fire that can dry logs thoroughly enough to burn. Hopefully, you will have a source of dry wood.
• Some campgrounds provide it or sell it. If never hurts to bring a few logs with you from home if you are car camping. If you are backpacking, some wood will be dryer than others.
• Always use fallen logs if you are gathering your wood, green wood has more moisture.
• If your campfire goes out, start over with the same process, and remember to practice patience. Throwing loads of newspaper and paper plates in a campfire that was not planned well from the start will do little for your efforts.

Also, remember not to throw plastics in your campfire. This material is not biodegradable, it is toxic, and it leaves a horrible mess for the next family to use the fire pit.