Fire provided a source of warmth, protection, improvement on hunting and a method for cooking food. These cultural advancements allowed for human geographic dispersal, cultural innovations, and changes to diet and behavior.

The discovery of fire is an important Discovery because by the discovery of Fire we got so many luxurious things like food and the most important the early human beings can save the life from wild animals as animals fear to fire.

Avoid: Green/Wet Wood Why is this important to do? Because wood that contains too much moisture (called green wood) doesn’t produce the kind of warm, roaring fire with tall flames that you might want. Instead, it results in a low, smoldering fire with long-burning embers that produces a lot of creosote.

11 Kinds of Wood Not to Burn in Your Fireplace

• Green Wood or Unseasoned Wood. Wood that makes the best firewood for a fireplace is seasoned wood not green wood.
• Non-Local Wood.
• Christmas Trees.
• Driftwood.
• Poisonous wood.
• Oleander.
• Endangered Species.
• Plywood, particle board, or chipboard.

NO! Don’t do it – the lumber is so dry, and the resin in the pine will burn with flames so high that they will go up into your chimney. It’s a good way to catch your house on fire. Regular 2X4 is Ok to burn.

Burning the log releases CO2, a much less potent greenhouse gas. (And that carbon was already part of the atmosphere recently, so its emission play a small role in enhancing the Greenhouse Gas Effect) So burning wood produces less of a greenhouse effect than letting it rot in the forest and using propane.

Firewood shouldn’t be able to age past its usefulness for burning. In other words, if the firewood is protected from insects and moisture reasonably well, it could last for many years before burning.

Hardwoods are generally better for burning in wood burning stoves than softwoods. As a rule of thumb hardwoods are produced by slow-growing deciduous trees (those trees that loose their leaves) and therefore the logs have a greater density than the faster growing softwoods from evergreen trees.

Wood that isn’t stored correctly can start to rot due to regular and prolonged contact with moisture. The CSIA states that you can keep firewood stored for up to 3 to 4 years without any issues of the wood going bad if you follow these recommended procedures for storing the wood.

Seasoned firewood should be stored out of the rain to help prolong how well it keeps for. If seasoned firewood gets rained on it can dry out within a few days, but constant contact with moisture will lead to the wood going bad.

Properly seasoned firewood has a moisture content of less than 20%. Wood loses nothing else of consequence during seasoning; just water. Leave wood stacks for at least 6 months while the wood cures. Cover the wood stacks with a tarp or shelter to prevent rain from soiling wood.

Firewood should be split is 3-6 inches wide and 16 inches long, which is optimal for household fires and stoves. Thinner firewood will burn too quickly while thicker logs take too longe to season (dry out). Outdoor fires have fewer log size restrictions and any size firewood can be burned.

Pile the brush on top of it so it will fall inward as it burns. Then put another layer of straw over the top to keep the heat in and pour some diesel and/or used oil over the top. Let it soak in for a day if you can and if there’s no rain in the forecast. Tires in the mix and burning at night will help too.

Brush piles should be burned when wind speeds are less than 15 mph and not gusty for an extended period of time. Also, wind direction should be considered to keep embers and smoke from becoming a problem downwind. Relative humidity is the second most important weather variable to consider before burning piles.

In land clearing, wait 21 days for a good burn. If not able to do so, do it when you lay it down.

The best way to take care of piled up brush is to make “Biochar.” This garden enhancer has been shown to improve soil quality for decades after first application. And, is cheap and easy to make from your own brush.

Add debris in small amounts as existing material is consumed. ALWAYS HAVE WATER AND FIRE TOOLS ON SITE – When burning, have a charged water hose, bucket of water, and shovel and dirt nearby to extinguish the fire. Drown the pile with water, stir the coals, and drown again, repeating till the fire is DEAD out.