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Chemical Free Fire Starter - Sunday 1st March 2015

We have a wood burning stove that keeps us warm amongst other things. When we need to get a fire going we use orange peel along with some kindling in the stove. When we eat whole oranges we place the fresh peel on the fire box and let it dry out. This has the dual purpose of making fire starters and making the room smell like biscuits baking as the peel dries. Once the peel is dry we put it in an old Dutch oven and when it's needed we pull out a small amount and place it in amongst the kindling to get the fire going and it works, brilliantly. This is great during the winter when oranges are cheap and plentiful.
Contributed by Naomi Silver