Originally Posted by
Lespetras
Thanks so much for the advice msm; yes, we've considered it. We don't have the wood prepared yet. . I guess we could buy some. . It's a shame because we have lots of wood just haven't cut it or dried it yet.. really only previously used for bon fires.. I'll look into cinder blocks this weekend
Lesley
Oh, I forgot about that. 
Bruce L has a good idea though. And you'll be surprised at how much you can just pick off the forest floor that would be nice and dry to use. If you have a chainsaw, even better. I'm sure you have lots of fallen branches or downed young saplings that you could use. When we first started, one of the kids' tasks was to pull out anything they could drag out by hand. They still do that - I find it useful to get the fire going quickly.
Homeschooling mama to 8
2010-30 taps, steam pans on a fisher grandma bear woodstove outdoors. Bottled 18.5L
2012- 70 taps - 20L
2013 - 70 taps, 3 steam pans on concrete block arch. 50L
2015- 70 taps, 50.5L, 3.3lbs accidental sugar
2021 - 120 taps, new-to-me 2x5 flat pan with a cast iron arch atop a brick firebox.
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