Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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...Ey up firebugs ?
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...I've been putting quite a bit of time into the fire plough recently trying refine my technique so I thought I'd share a few of my findings for this weeks #toptipsontuesdays.
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...Firstly select good materials. This is key & if you don't have good materials you'll be pissing in the wind. I'm having good success with Malayan cherry at the moment & sea hibiscus is another excellent tropical wood for this but if you a lot further north bass wood (lime) cotton wood, ivy, willow & clematis are all possible. further south in the USA sotal & yucca will work great too. I'm sure there are many more but these are the ones I know to be reliable in the order I wrote them
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...I think the other tips are explained well enough in the post so if you fancy having a bash find yourself some dry seasoned materials & give it a try. I will be getting round to doing a detailed tutorial soon but meanwhile this should get you going.
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...Stay safe guys & I'll catch ya soon
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