After doing concrete projects, I always seem to have pieces of Sonotube (cardboard tubes for pouring cement pillars) left over.
I slice them into 2-inch rounds and use them to hold my kindling wood. The rounds make the kindling easy to stack and carry.
Dan Martin
Westborough, Massachusetts
Learn how to make a classy wood and rope firewood carrier with this Easy-to-Make Firewood Tote. — MOTHER EARTH NEWS
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