One of my favorite things about the colder months is gathering around a crackling fire. A few years ago, I started making my ...

With a lifetime of heating with a wood stove, burning trees and limbs blown down in storms, and some years now of testing fire pits for Popular Mechanics, I’ve learned a thing or two about starting ...

"Adding [natural] candle wax to the dryer lint beforehand will greatly increase its burn time, and make it a bit more ...