PSA: Here's the reason your sawpit isn't working in Manor Lords

Having trouble producing planks in Manor Lords? You're likely just starting your first settlement; planting down burgage plots, building a well and a marketplace, and deciding where your fields are going to go. Maybe you're even contemplating building a church, but you're having trouble producing planks at a consistent rate. Sometimes you'll get a few, but most of the time it seems like the family you put in the sawpit isn't doing anything.

Here's why: your sawpit needs a steady supply of timber to produce planks...