In the Midwest, Eastern red cedar fence posts have been found to last for decades. Here is the life expectancy (in years) of some wood fence posts, from the Virginia Cooperative Extension: ...

Red cedar wood is highly valued as a wood for the fine-grained, decay resistant wood used to panel closets and split for fence posts. Other uses include making pails, making lead pencils and ...

Richard Watkins held a measuring tape in the position for a steel pole while Matt Viens leaned his weight into a drill that choked fragrant pink sawdust out of a slowly-forming hole in a red cedar ...

The decay-resistant wood also is good for fence posts and siding for homes. Most pencils once were made from cedar wood. Red cedars are especially abundant on Georgia’s coastal islands ...