Dave in Fairfax wrote in
:

Nice driveby. I prefer to make them out of cherry then stain them
ebony and finish them with polyurinestain.

Dave in Fairfax

Well, yeah, but you live where cherry is a local wood. Here, we start with
walnut. But the same finishing schedule could apply, except it would
reduce the effect of the juglone.

Patriarch,
near Walnut Creek, CA...