I have about 12 medium sized Lowe's boxes full of dry stove size and smaller branches ready for burning. Question is, should I burn these by the stove full in shoulder season, or save them to use as kindling throughout the season?
I'd save it for kindling and starter wood. We keep a couple trash barrels full of small cut branches outside the door for just this purpose. Fill a tote and bring it in as needed. It's extra work, playing pick up sticks in the woods but you'll appreciate those little rounds when starting your fires.
Dry sticks make excellent kindling and you don't have to split anything. Just break the stuff up by hand. Lay a handful on some newspaper, it lights up quick.
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