* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. There are few things more satisfying than relaxing around a campfire while your supper is slowly cooking over it. A bubbling dutch oven hanging over your fire is a wonderful thing, but if you have never tried using a campfire tripod before you may not be …
Sitting around the campfire and need a scary story, but don’t know any or not good at telling them? Leave it to the professionals! Below are the best spooky podcasts Spotify has to offer that will creep out your entire crew. 1. Jim Harold’s Campfire Jim Harold’s Campfire wins the award on this list for …
If you have ever tried to build a campfire only to have your wood topple over, you know the struggle. What is a fast, easy, and foolproof way to start a campfire? An easy way to start a fire while camping without having your wood fall over is to use the 6-Pack-In-a-Box method. Find the …
If you live in Ohio, or are traveling to Ohio to camp, you may be wondering what laws are in place for how to transport and use firewood in and around the state. This can be confusing as each state has slightly different regulations. I have summarized it for you below: You are prohibited from …
If you look up instructions for building a fire pit, you can see that the number of choices for materials and different instructions for building can be confusing and overwhelming. One question I had was about fire brick. Some people say it’s a must and some skip it. So, do I have to use fire …
* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Because I love campfire cooking, knowing how to work with the heat of a campfire is essential! Because of this I wondered, what IS the hottest part of a campfire? The hottest part of a campfire is the air in the middle of the firewood “teepee.” …
* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It was early afternoon and I was getting ready to start the campfire when I noticed that we had a pretty small stash of firewood. I wondered, how long into the evening will this little pile get us? How long DOES firewood burn in a campfire? …
* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. We are getting ready to build a new fire pit and, of course, we want to do it right! I see some pits that have fire pit inserts or liners and some that don’t, so I wondered, do we need a fire pit insert to build …
Anyone who has many campfires has come across a rotten piece of firewood, or many! The question is, do you keep that rotten firewood and throw it in the fire ring, or do you chuck it in the woods? Technically, you can burn rotten firewood, but it isn’t ideal. Rotten firewood doesn’t burn nearly as …
* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Campfire cooking is loads of fun (and delicious), but for me, the only down-side is worrying about how I’m going to cook safely and not burn myself. I am planning several upcoming cooks and wondered, how can I pull this off without any burns? You can …
