The Wick Effect

Today I'm cleaning out all the brush from my yard after the winter, and I decided to burn my brush pile this year. Well, because of all the leaves I had at the bottom of the pile I'm experiencing the wick effect. Here's how it works, all the leaves from last fall are all wet and compact from all the snow, and as such they are smoldering slowly, creating a lot of smoke and little fire. Two years ago I had a similar scenario burning a brush pile and the pile smoldered for almost two or three days.

So, how long do you think this pile will smolder? Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

-Enjoy