im a hoarder of scrap metal, scrap wood, etc... i have a child that is now 7 years old. just inherited the money to move to a nicer climate for my wife and child. WE ARE LIVING IN SOUTH DAKOTA!
here are some things that i did.
a friend have me a bunch of 4x8 foot panels made from 2x2's and covered with chicken wire. they were from his chicken pen. when my btrand new "powermate" shredder i purchased to make wood chips out of brush completely destroyed itself (the company generac)( actually gave me my money back on it) i made a 8 foot wide L shaped curve about 50 foot long to pile the brush in. it leaned against 3 popular trees on one side and had a 30 foot long wood pile on the other side. wood was stacked 6 rows deep and the big stuff was never split. i started some "Virginia Creeper" plants from cuttings, and planted them so they could grow over and hide the brush pile.
i had picked up about 8 old discarded "power wheels" cars, and lined them up along the road at the back of our property facing the road. i put a 3 foot tall skeleton (someone discarded after Halloween) in a jeep i painted camo with the wig from a discarded doll and chopped off 3 fingers so "she" was flipping the bird to passer by's. the other day i dis assembled 4 of those cars to made 2 run and accept new power wheels 12 volt batteries. (i sold 4 bad batteries to the scrap yard to help pay for the new batteries. now my child can ride cars around the acreage with a friend and race. while taking every screw (classified as steel at the scrap yard, as opposed to tin)(steel if over 1/8 inch thick, and i have a gauge) i showed my wife the SHED SKIN OF A GARTER SNAKE INSIDE THE AREA where the motors were.
i also used old bicycles tied to 1 strand of steel wire and t-posts to make a fence along one side of the property.
a neighbor runs a bee farm and gets old IBC'S , they make bees wax, honey etc... A LOT OF IT COMES IN 55 GALLON METAL BARRELS FROM SOUTH AMERICA. THEY SOAK OLD FRAMES IN BOILING WATER TO EXTRACT THE BEES WAX and make huge blocks of wax, they also built a HEMP HURD PROCESSING PLANT. they use the plastic containers from the IBC's for the bees wax processing, but discard the metal removeable top 55 gallon drums and the metal cages from the IBC tanks. THEY GIVE THIS METAL AWAY AND HAVE ABOUT 2 ACRES where they stack these! ive taken quite a few of these ibc cages and metal barrels to put scrap metals in. some of the ibc cages ive cut up boards and logs to store in these cages
i really think that "there is no such thing as trash, just things are in the wrong place"!!
if i had chickens or a fish pond, i would run cables across them and at least 5 foot above. mount wire cages to pulley's and pick up road kill and put in the cages to raise maggots to fall into the pond to feed the fish, or to feed the chickens by falling into their area. also PAWPAWS are pollinated by FLIES, so putting road kill high in the air near your paw paws will help them bear more fruit!
we lived on this 1 acre+ for 3 years, 365 days a year, in a 2000 pull behind camper (it was actually illegal to do) but no one complained to the county. it is in a "dead town" in South Dakota. even after i child was born. UNTIL I GOT A "STAPH A " infection (probably from getting injections in my back). i spent 3 months in the hospital and had to learn to walk again, as i lost all movement in 1 leg they operated on 3 times before stitching it up, also operated on my chest 2 times about 9 months apart. THE HOSPITAL AND THE COUNTY WOULD NOT LET US LIVE THERE ANY MORE.
since we have lots of firewood already etc... it would be nice to find someone that teaches how to build HEMP CRETE HOUSES , that might want to teach a class at my place and build a 2 or 3 bedroom home. ive got at least $30,000 to spend as i have to spend $20,000 on SOLAR THIS YEAR JUST TO AVOID GIVING $6,000 TO THE IRS! we are in south east south dakota, 65 miles from the 3 major cities of sioux falls, brookings, and mitchel. AND THE HEMP HURD BALES ARE PILED UP JUST 1/4 MILES AWAY!!! THE CITY/TOWN OF CARTHAGE HAS A STRAW BALE BUILDING THAT HOUSES A MUSEUM.
i have several campers and 5 tents. we will be spending $20,000 on off grid solar just to avoid taxes. sounds like a great opportunity for a hemp crete instructor. etc....
so if any hempcrete instructors are interested they should contact me.