Around here people use hedge wood (Osage orange) for fence posts. It's hard/dense to begin with, and after weathering for 20 years outside, it'll make your chai

Around here people use hedge wood (Osage orange) for fence posts. It's hard/dense to begin with, and after weathering for 20 years outside, it'll make your chainsaw chain spark if you try to cut it. It even gives carbide chain a run for its money.