Depending on the size of the wood and the post you have laying around you can always boil it.
I boil mine a bit bass ackwards. I use kosher salt (no iodine in it), boil it for a while and let it soak while I am at work. Amazingly it seems that the water is still (bath water) warm when I get home. I then boil it in plain water and let it sit over night.... Most folks do it the other way around. The boiling lets the stuff in the wood leech out as well as kills bacteria and other nasties in the wood.
Another method is to bake the wood in the oven. This you do have to watch as it is wood and it will catch fire!
I boil mine a bit bass ackwards. I use kosher salt (no iodine in it), boil it for a while and let it soak while I am at work. Amazingly it seems that the water is still (bath water) warm when I get home. I then boil it in plain water and let it sit over night.... Most folks do it the other way around. The boiling lets the stuff in the wood leech out as well as kills bacteria and other nasties in the wood.
Another method is to bake the wood in the oven. This you do have to watch as it is wood and it will catch fire!