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How to Make Firelighters Out of Orange Skins

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Living in the land of Oranges (Spain) and in the middle of a town, what can you do with all those orange skins from fresh juicing every day?

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Composting? Maybe. But if you have a wood burner why not convert them into Firelighters and send out sweet orange aromas through the whole house?

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The Answer Is to drink every day fresh juice - but keep the skins!

The Answer Is to drink every day fresh juice - but keep the skins!

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Place them in your fire to dry out overnight

Place them in your fire to dry out overnight

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Sitting above and drying out will send out gorgeous citrus smells throughout the house and last till the following day.

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Then remove the dried and blackened skins and add to the next fire. They light easily, burn quickly, and disintegrate back into the ash to be distributed back into the garden - or turned into soap.

Then remove the dried and blackened skins and add to the next fire. They light easily, burn quickly, and disintegrate back into the ash to be distributed back into the garden - or turned into soap.

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Then, start again. Squeeze some more juice .... And enjoy the whole circle slowly turning from day to day :)) Healthy, recycling, useful and fantastic smells. The perfect combination.

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Loja, Andalucia, Spain
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Author, podcaster, photographer, teacher of languages and Tai Chi. Known in Spain and on the web as the GazpachoMonk.

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3 oranges squeezed (or more)

One wood burner

Paul Read

Great ideas. Must try.....

(author) 2 months ago

William Read

This has brought out the pyromaniac in both me and my daughter! We've been throwing them in on hot coals, then putting kindling on top. It's fun to watch them explode with green or blue flame. Thanks for the idea!😃

William Read 2 months ago

Kalle Koskinen

Pretty smart

Kalle Koskinen 5 months ago

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Paul Read

Quite common here. Small oven on top for - as you say - bread, pizza, and lots if baked foods...potatoes, sweet potatoes and baked dishes. It's good to put all that heat to extra use. I thought they must be available everywhere. Seems not?

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Babs Palmer

Havn't seen a log burner like this before. Is it designed to be used as a hotplate/oven? Looks very practical, are they particularly Spanish, looks like it would be good for pizza or bread.

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