So, two fires in two days. And today's went much better than yesteday's (Thanks @emanate​ for helping rescue the one last night!).

I think I'm finally working out what makes them burn well.

Catching up on what I didn't learn in scouting, I guess. ;)

@indi @emanate I will always be grateful for the fire stewardship. :-)

Apologies if I implied you didn't know what you were doing. *hugs*

@emanate Having looked up some stuff, I kinda didn't :) Also it turns out that ma lot of the technique I did dimly remember don't work as well in a metal fire enclosure.

@indi I should probably look stuff up too, and I'd still be happy to build one for you sometime. :-)

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@emanate Part of the problem I'm realizing is that a lot of the standard campfire construction techniques (teepee, lean-to) rely on having friction with the ground to prop stuff up on. Not so effective with a flat metal base.

Basically I'm thinking more and more about just doing the earth firepit thing ASAP.

@mmsword @emanate Yeah that's what I've been thinking of doing now.

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