Pine cones are great to start a fire with along with cardboard like toilet rolls, I use a bit of everything, newspaper, cardboard, small twigs and pine cones then bigger kindling and then when thatβs going, really dry wood.
I still βsingβ it sometimes, I donβt even know if the brand is still available. I think I had to YouTube the ad to show the kids once, as well as other ads that I occasionally βsingβ, because they had never seen them. I feel like less ads use a good jingle nowadays.
Mostly passively cooled house 24.7 degrees, outside 31.6, still bearable inside. We have no A/C, only cooling is ceiling fans and curtains on only 6 out of our 30 windows. Iβm glad we arenβt having too many hot days in a row this summer.
If you belong to a library I would try there first if you just need one or two issues.