Bonfire

We prepared for the colder weather by trimming all the trees and burning the trimmings. That fire included cedar tree limbs that were green. I didn't think that would burn at all since it was freshly cut a few hours before, but it took off and created the highest flames I'd ever seen. We cut a few of the bigger branches into 2-ft. lengths for the inevitable bonfire we would have when our son came home from college.

A business acquaintance operates a packaging plant and has a huge amount of scrap wood that he discards every day. When I mentioned we were going to have a bonfire at our house, he offered the wood scraps from his business. All we had to do was show up with a pickup and trailer. It was unbelievable that so much would have been thrown away, and that was just a day's discard. We had a 20-ft. trailer not quite full, but not much more could fit on it.

When our son arrived, he and his friends had not one, but THREE bonfires the week of Thanksgiving. We were so happy to see him back home. Before Christmas, we need to see about stocking up on more firewood! (and hotdogs and marshmallows)