You can get into the secret woods without upgrading the axe by placing a chair in the right spot. There's a discussion of it in the Morel Moroseness thread.Out of Bound stumps... thou shall not chop thee down today! lol
I don't know what the chair glitch is...
Not sure if the weapon thing works to get out (I'm guessing it doesn't, since you posted this), but the chair thing does work in reverse - just stand where you would put the chair to get in, and put the chair where you would have stood on the outside of the log.let me know if there is a glitch to get home after going into the woods without passing out