Buy a recipe to refine it to timber. Pioneer colony has the alchemy, wood and mining instructors.
When you were asked during the initial series of quests to get training from them, they should've had options to explain how this works. Might want to check them if you have not done so yet.
-- Rustyx --- 92R / 92S / 92M on Reni (Guild KnightShift). Yes, running the new FOTM R/M, cause I am not elf enough to be WD/S.
Oh, and people who have more than 3 classes are clinically insane.
