How to get softwood planks in Hytale

Wandering the overworld of Hytale to find all the types of trees, I quickly realised I don't know what half of them actually look like or how to tell them apart. This soon became a problem when I needed to get softwood planks to upgrade the Farmer's Workbench for the first time.

To save you the hassle that I went through, below I'll cover how to get softwood planks. It's not as simple as just chopping down the right type of tree, either, as you need to process the logs, too. Unless you're already a master builder...