Lint Balls

Yes I said it, "balls". Lol! I had seen this on a pin and I was thinking, "why in the hell didn't I think of that?" Oh well, it was someones genius idea and I loved it.

Lint balls~better known as the crap that accumulates in your dryer that you need to clean out at least every couple of loads. Plus, from time to time you need to check the exhaust tube going out the house to make sure this stuff has not stuck to the inside of it like a clogged artery. Thus making it a very dangerous hazard for a fire. Yeah, fire, people.

That is what I am sure what led to that smarty pant person to think, "hey, keep that lint and use lint balls to start a campfire or fire in the fireplace." Yes, I am assuming what would go through a persons head while coming up with these ideas. Any who, I did save lint from my dryer, made balls about the size of eggs and placed them in a egg carton for storage. They went to my camper (I use to tent camp but my spoiled ass is now in a camper, heehee) and was ready to go for the next camping trip.

This last weekend was the chance to try these little balls out. My friends laugh at me because I am a Pinterest obsessed freak and now I blog about it but they let me do what needed to be done for this blog experience. :) So there was already some paper plates from dinner in the fire pit and I grabbed a few sticks and bark and made a little bit of a mound. Then I took three small logs and stood them up like a tee pee over it. I placed three lint balls in separate areas of the spaces between the plates. I actually placed one under the bark just see what it would do without the plates. The balls were the only thing I lit and viola' they lit up. They seemed to burn long to allow the plates and bark to light up as the fire grew. It kind of had me thinking why they say to clean out your lint exhaust and tube. Woo wee the lint burns sloooooow. Not fast like a paper towel or Kleenex. So, that allowed the fire to get going and light up the small logs I had placed on there. Also the nice thing, we did not need the trusty, smoky, old pine needles help either. We had a great fire and easy to get going. YAY!

I wish I had got more pictures of the process but only this one of the balls in my carton. Plus, I had a few totties and didn't think about doing more. One task at a time for me at that point.

For any of you campers out there this was a great little idea. They hold well in cartons or in a baggie for that matter and are small to carry. They are light for backpackers to have as well. They would not take up much space in a pack at all.

Happy camping with happy fires. (in the fire pits of course) And don't burn in areas that are not permitted.

Link to original site:

http://www.intuitionphysician.com/how-does-my-garden-grow-and-tutorial-for-free-firepit-starters/