Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...

Martin Fritz Huber is a frequent contributor to Outside who previously wrote the In Stride column about running culture. He also works as a tree care professional in New York City. New perk: Easily ...

⚠️ Before cutting with a chainsaw, familiarize yourself with chainsaw safety rules and always wear safety gear. Heating with wood is a study in stubborn self-sufficiency. It’s hard work, but as with ...

While many of us are focussing on gardening and spring cleaning, a Potsdam man is on a crusade, of sorts, to make sure people are splitting and... May 24, 2023 — While many of us are focussing on ...

Few methods of home heating are as iconic and rewarding as burning wood—especially if you cut and split it yourself. The hard physical work of splitting firewood is missing from most other heating ...

Each Thanksgiving, Fred Bogner, his grandfather and son gather to fell a tree or two, split the firewood and stack it before settling down to a well-earned feast. “That’s what we do,” says the ...

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 ...

It is wood splitting season, and the time of year I love best. There is a Zen aspect to splitting wood, and indeed, a Zen proverb says: “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After ...

Residents take pride in their timber piles, debate best techniques News is obsessed with the flashy questions: “Is God Dead?” “Who Killed Kennedy?” “What is a Kardashian?” Yet for years, a quieter ...