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Adam Snyder
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Christian, husband and father, permie, anarchist, foodie, author/illustrator

I'm reading through "The Hobbit" again, and I know Tolkien wrote the hobbits to be an optimal and desirable society --i ndeed, I'd love to be a Hobbit and live in the Shire. But if I cannot be a Hobbit, Beorn is the closest of close seconds.

Dude lives off of cream and honey, has awesome animal friends and can turn into a friggin giant bear. He's 80% #GFY and #FAFO with 20% #GM #PV reserved only for his friends. Provides for himself, has surplus to share, submits to none.

Replying to Avatar The Beave

Good morning, #nostriches!

As a follow in to yesterday's wood stove post, here's some additional pics and commentary:

https://files.sovbit.host/media/0689df5847a8d3376892da29622d7c0fdc1ef1958f4bc4471d90966aa1eca9f2/3fc8960296aef432ccb0b841f1b60fe02f36aa3b59d77244d931bc5e449825fd.webp

This is how I try to stack the wood for the first fire,after I rake the coals and get most but not all of the ash into the ash pan for better air flow. Following a tip from a rando on a wood stove forum, I've been using shorter pieces of wood on the extreme left and right as a base. The coals are set in between and raked evenly. On top of the coals I set kindling in a cross-hatched fashion, leaving ample room for air flow. On top of that, I set 2-4 pieces of wood (depending on the thickness, and for the first load I try to use thinner splits so they burn faster) and then top it all off with some more kindling.

Most of the time, this lights quickly, burns hot, and gets the most flue heated up so a strong draft is formed, which can then support more substantial and longer burning splits.

https://files.sovbit.host/media/0689df5847a8d3376892da29622d7c0fdc1ef1958f4bc4471d90966aa1eca9f2/eebe785e033f674f607b366850746dd6eb0d736a95997dce1b781b4996728f57.webp

This fire lit off with very gentle and persuasion and no paper or other firestarter materials.

How do you start your stove?

#gm #goodmorning #plebchain #grownostr #woodstove #fire #wood #morningwood #heat #renewable #cozy #howto #buildthefuture #beexcellent

Gm Beave. I would do a similar configuration in my folks' woodstove. Two large logs front to back on the sides, cross with smaller material, then three logs on top running front to back with some air gapping in between them. The idea was the skinnier kindling type sticks would burn away and the three logs on top would fall into the space between the two foundation logs in a vaguely upside-down Olympics flag configuration.

Fiat architecture https://youtu.be/DBOXF-FION4

I really enjoy this channel's videos.

It rolls off the tongue. Or, in this case, does it roly-poly on the tongue???

I'll stop.

For now.

Maybe.

Replying to Avatar GODGIFT.

What book is this?