No! I do not want to burn SF! I did burn brush up here though. Spent 6 hours tending the fire yesterday, after the weekly Henry St construction meeting on Zoom.
Burning sounds so easy. Light a fire and watch the pile burn, right? Not. Light the fire and feed it absolutely constantly for hours. Rake around it to prevent it from escaping. Throw bits of unburned wood back into the middle, add branch after branch to the top. Drag in new pieces, cut them up with the chainsaw or loppers and add, add logs. Lots of logs of all sizes. Keep picking up and dragging over more stuff. Keep cutting things, or breaking branches into 4' or less chunks. Wonder why you are hot, tired and thirsty and realize you haven't stopped for 3.5 hours. Stop for 5 minutes, sit down, drink water and watch the fire start to fade and die. Get back up and pile on more material.
Before:
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