Incense Log Cabin – Best Option For Outdoor Use

My first experience with buying and using incense was in a New Hampshire drugstore. I was fifteen years old and I bought fifty balsam branches from an herb merchant for about $2.00 each. They looked pretty much dead and I figured they were probably just old. I tried them for about a week or so and then gave up. At least, that was my experience until I visited again six months later. Now that I am sixty five years old, I can honestly say that the purchase of the balsam stems and the subsequent failed attempt to use them as incense was one of the worst decisions I have made in my life.

The first thing that attracted me to trying my hand at making my own incense was the price. I had heard that buying fifty balsam branches and a handful of marshmallows was a good way to spend my Saturday mornings, but my usual Saturday morning activities consisted of canoeing, fishing, and bird watching. It was hard to imagine that making my own incense logs would involve spending much time and money. And yet, despite my initial skepticism, I did manage to make some progress. By the time I reached thirty, I was getting pretty confident that I could at least make some money by selling the stuff I had bought from the balsam fir merchant.

What I failed to realize was that I would have to do a bit of background research in order to figure out exactly how to use my log cabin incense mixture. I had heard that it worked well as a tea light scent, but I didn’t know whether that meant it would be effective as a spray fragrance. I needed to find out!

So, I purchased some balsam fir from the local garden center and gathered a few small pieces from the local thrift store. The next thing I did was to cut up several different sizes of marshmallows. I used small cookie cutters to cut the marshmallows into squares. After that, all I had to do was add the balsam fir pieces and a few drops of my favorite essential oil and my easy homemade potpourri was complete!

Once the balsam had been reduced in size, I transferred them to a smaller container that would be large enough to hold about twelve packages of incense. Then, I placed the entire mixture on a flat surface. I lit up my incense burner and let it take about ten minutes to burn. By the time the first aroma of incense was introduced, everyone in the area had to admit that they had to smell it. It burned wonderfully and left an aromatic residue on my olfactory senses. In addition to the wonderful aroma of the incense, I also experienced the warm sensation of wood burning.

As the holiday season approached, I was amazed that my incense log cabin had not become dirty. I simply placed the logs in the bottom of the tree, filled the inside with dirt and scooped out the top. By doing this, I avoided having to constantly add new dirt to keep my little “cabin” fresh. I think that I have now become a seasoned incense dispenser!