I have alot of wicks prepped and boxs of wax..managed to pick up some packs of candle wicking few years back for a good price...some day I want to order a whole ball of wick,cause you can re-use wax drippings over and over

Got pine trees growing near you? cut a couple of slashes through the bark at an angle deep enough to 'injure' the inner bark...so the sap will run out. Tack a can at the bottom of the slashes positioned so the sap will run into it. You could do all this 'candle-making' so nature does it for you. Just go ahead and fasten a (real) cotton string so it is suppended, top to bottom, in the center of the can. The sap will take a good little while to 'do its thing' so don't get in a hurry. Once the sap has filled the can good enough, it is then ready to use. It will harden up and will not run out of tipped over. but it *will* burn. Oh, and the older it gets; the harder it'll get..and will take more to get to burning. But this sap is what makes 'rich lighter/ lighter pine such a great firestarter wood.

Lots of pine tree,s up here....thats if pine beetles don't get to them first...

Cap great idea I can start saving my empty tin cans and fasten a wire through them and hang them from couple tree's see what happens...