Fire building is a key survival tool and is essential for human survival. Fire building is a core survival skill, that you need to master. The first step in building a fire is making a tinder bundle.

If the grid goes down, sooner or later, you’re going to rely on wood to keep you warm or heat your home. How will you get that wood? Have you thought about the process of obtaining firewood?

Don’t pay for fire starters. You can make your own Cotton Ball and Petroleum Jelly Fire Starters, at home, very inexpensively and in less than 5 minutes.

My new fire pit arrived yesterday, and I took it out for it’s maiden voyage.

In my previous post Backyard Primitive Fire starting, I had promised that I’d start my training to start fires without modern tools by using a back yard fire pit. This is an update of the progress I’ve made on that promise.