Splitting wood by hand is not exotic or efficient, easy or cost-efficient. One could label it anachronistic, something from nostalgic days of yesteryear. It’s not easy labor, even as it has largely ...

If, like me, your credentials as a woodsman come primarily from watching movies set in the woods, you might think you can just swing any ax down the center of a log to split it. That’s not quite right ...

A couple from down south gives me a lesson at the wood pile: This summer I lucked into a great mass of rounds from a lot someone was clearing. Was just beginning to split them near the street when a ...