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I use cedar for posts, Eastern Red Cedar. I can show you posts that have been in the ground for 70 years, and are still sound. Although I have used them as soon as cut them, I prefer to cut them in the winter when the sap is down, and let them dry for a few months. The redder the post is, the longer it will last.