Originally posted by northern hewer:
It is always a good idea to bore a drain hole in the bottom of the mortises along the bottom sills for drainage should rain water happen to enter the mortise for some reason.
I like that! This is also the reason why I'm going with cedar...tends to last through the rain. I recently pulled 4 cedar garden posts out of my mothers yard - they had been in the ground since the house was built (1898), and had minimal rot on the butt ends...!
