>> Most people in my street make fires daily in the winter that are hot 
>> enough to burn tree stumps.  You just need to start off with some paper,
>
> No you don't, the cover of right wood (what's koivu in English?) is 
> usually a lot easier to use than paper (it starts to burn as easily, but 
> it burns with higher temperature). Or...
>
>> then thin bits of dry wood, then bigger bits of wood, until it gets hot 
>> enough to put on whole pieces of tree.
>
> ...if you have thin enough bits of really dry wood, just use them.

Maybe you misunderstood, I start with paper just because it's easy to ignite 
with a match (plus it saves filling up the paper bin!).  I make a nice 
stack, starting with paper and cardboard at the bottom, then gradually 
bigger and bigger bits of wood on the stack.  Then all I need to do is 
ignite the paper at the bottom with a match for 2 seconds, and 5 minutes 
later the whole lot is always burning very well.

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