Pickaxe seems to work fine... I'm not 100% sure, but it seems easier than it used to be. Logging skill definitely works; I can break logs in 1 hit now.

However, pickaxe skill is useless against terrain - it doesn't let you dig any faster, and digging doesn't level it either, which is unfortunate. Thus, higher tier picks are worse for digging since they use more stamina.

I'd like to see planting, harvesting, gathering, sailing, and building skills. A chance of +1 blueberry when harvesting blueberries? Less chance of your barley dying because it's slightly too close together? Sign me up!