Fires & Firewood

Explore the captivating world of fires and firewood with advice from Walden's best Backyarding® experts. Find essential tips for selecting the perfect firewood, learn effective fire-starting techniques, and make the most of your outdoor fire pit, whether you're out to build a bonfire or have a BBQ cookout on your grilling grate.

Fires & Firewood

Top 5 Types of Wood to Burn in Your Firepit
Fires & Firewood

Top 5 Types of Wood to Burn in Your Firepit

Campfires are great for two things: cooking and keeping warm. When you’re planning some nights outside with your firepit, you want to use the best possible wood. With so many different types out th...

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Fires & FirewoodCan You Mix Wood and Charcoal?

Can You Mix Wood and Charcoal?

One of the greatest pleasures in life is cooking an incredible meal over a firepit in the backyard. If it's a crisp fall night or early spring evening, the promise of tasty food over an open fire i...

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Fires & FirewoodCan You Use Charcoal in a Fire Pit?

Can You Use Charcoal in a Fire Pit?

It takes plenty of heat and a method for building and maintaining a fire to camp, cook outside, or survive a long winter in a cabin. You may wonder if you can burn charcoal directly in the firepit ...

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Fires & FirewoodStack of firewood in the yard

The 4 S's of Managing Firewood

You may have heard of the 4 C's of diamond buying, Walden Backyards has the 4 S's of managing the firewood for fire pits. Those four S's include: splitting, schlepping, stacking and storing. Here a...

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