I think he means you don't take anything with you (when you die), so ownership is nothing more than an illusion.
Put the healing crystals down and snuff out the incense. He means if you don't pay your property tax then they take your house. Yanks pay far steeper property taxes than the levied Aus council rates.
Yes, I've had family that have passed and used to own exactly this......average home on a few acres (or a lot of acres) and it was awesome to come and visit them. I enjoyed it a lot. My wife would love something like this and if I could maintain it all it would be great!
This is very true.....it's a big responsibility and I don't know the first thing about caring for a bunch of land. Not opposed to learning, but not something I would dive head first into either.
It's an ecosystem, man. It was fine before you got there, which is the beauty of it anyway. Don't worry about it. You can work it into a nice parkland if you choose or just let a forest be a forest.
Fire is the biggest worry here, possibly in Texas as well. A big tractor pulling a big slasher (or in my case a backhoe pushing a big slasher) will get through a whole lot of acreage. Chemical sprays applied once a season are super effective, again from a towed rig. A shallow plow will do firebreaks if mandated by your town.
Also, if Wiggs' prophecies come true, I'll need a place to big out.
Not to soak the parade but you ain't farming shit on 20 lousy acres, nevermind renting out. A boutique crop maybe. Veggies. Fruit. Berries. Expensive stuff. Certainly not a cereal crop. In my neighborhood, hay/canola/sheep yield about $100-$150 profit per acre per year. I'd guess less in the US. 2000 acres you farm. 20 acres you stroll around on and try not to disturb your neighbor who is right there with you.
