Hubby does have another oldtimer friend with an old, old sawmill. Maybe some day when he has it running, I can “convince” hubby to take a six foot log up to be split and have two benches.<<<
That would be the best way.
Or drive enough wedges in it, to cause it to split, and that is the kind of hard work that having 5 husbands to help with, would be downright handy.
LOL, I don’t want to argue with them, but in the words of my husband “If you had your 5 husbands, you work them all till they dropped.”
The truth of it all is, with 5 husbands, I would be stuck in the kitchen all the time cooking for them and have no time to enjoy the benefits of their work.
In the Garden, was also my favorite song as a child in church.
No problem splitting it. I have several mauls and plenty of wedges. Have split cords and cords of wood in my life, but how do you smooth the surface after splitting to prevent splinters you know where? Hubby has adzes but doubt if I could get them smooth enough with those. Guess I’ll have to try the sawmill route.