Historic Happenings Blog

Cutting, Splitting and Hewing Historic Longstreet Farm 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel 07733 Saturday, February 8, 2020, 12:00-2:30 PM (adults) Wood heated the farmer three times - once when they gathered the wood, once when they split the wood, and finally when they burned the wood. Come out to Longstreet Farm and get warmed up using a two-man saw and splitting wedge; learn how farmers used a froe to rive shingles or a broad ax to hew beams.

Cutting, Splitting and Hewing Historic Longstreet Farm 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel 07733 Saturday, January 11, 2020, 12:00-2:30 PM (adults) Wood heated the farmer three times - once when they gathered the wood, once when they split the wood, and finally when they burned the wood. Come out to Longstreet Farm and get warmed up using a two-man saw and splitting wedge; learn how farmers used a froe to rive shingles or a broad ax to hew beams.