That settles it. I'm going to tear up rotten stumps with an axe tomorrow.
Larch is an interesting wood to me. It's not really a softwood, and it's not really a hardwood. To give you an idea of it's density, compared to Doug Fir, a 1/10" thick 4x8 sheet of larch weighs the same as a 1/7" thick piece of fir. That's with 2-8% moisture left in the veneer.
and I didn't even know there was an Alpine Larch. Never even heard of it
