Keeping a campfire going?

Clean up an area about a foot an a half to two feet wide/across whatever... Get some thick DRY branches or DRY logs and pile them like / | \ (Pyramid, see?) see if you can find some birch BARK (you know, the paper like stuff ) and little dry twigs (dry is very, very important) and stuff them under the pyramid of logs/bigger branches, light the timber (thats what the birch and little branches are called) and keep feeding it with other birch and branches untill the big logs catch. They will keep burning for a while if you did it right, and occasionaly poke the whole thing untill it falls over so it catches more.

To keep the bugs away, find a pine tree branch (DRY) that still has its needles and toss that right on the fire. All the bugs go bye bye.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by GrimReaper

Thanks for all the tips! I was just throwing random branches in there in no particular formation...maybe I'll have better luck next time. So, lighter fluid is not necessary?

Not if you have the right wood. Dry bark from a birch tree is like paper. It catches easily and burns hot. Use that to catch the kindling (the smaller DRY sticks/twigs) and thsoe will hopefully catch the bigger logs.

There's nowhere I can't reach.