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Things I plan to do to be climate resilient when I own my own land 🌎 🚜 🏘
Climate change is real and its impacting us all already and it’s going to only get worse. The politicians’ solutions – where they exist at all – are kind of bad, mostly consisting of evacuation centers and welfare and reminding people that it’s okay to walk away from the post storm deterus – they’ll cart it off to the landfill for you.
- First off, recognizing that political activism is not going to protect me from climate change. The buck stops with me.
- Buying a Prisus or electric car won’t protect me but buying a backhoe might.
- Own a house that has metal roofing and remove trees nearby that could burn in a wildfire
- Make sure the house and barn are well away from streams and flood plains that could flood in extreme rain
- Have an independent off-grid electric system and on site fuel storage
- Have a tractor with a front end loader to both bury debris and dead stock, and also fill in and repair washouts
- Have extra materials like timber, plywood, gravel, dirt and culverts to make repairs after wash outs.
- Not own a lot of material things that are easily damaged by water or smoke
- Be willing to do with a lot less with the land rather than the property
How Much Land Would I Need to Own.
When I own a land, how much land do I think I’ll want to own? I think I would want to own enough land to:
– Be able to hunt and shoot firearms at a backyard range, which would mean at least 500 feet from the nearest other house.
– Be able to ride four wheelers on my land, have some fun in the mud without making too much of a mess.
– Have enough land to hobby farm, such as pigs, goats, and other smaller livestock, which means they’ll need pasture and a bit of distance from the house.
– Be able to compost food, leaves, and other waste.
– Be able to burn trash and have bonfires, without causing a nuisance or smelling my neighbors burning their trash.
– Be able to listen to music as loud as I want to, hang lights outdoors, drink beer, and have a good time with buddies.
– Have junk cars and other equipment I’m working on, or saving for scrap use on my land without bothering others.
– Be far enough back from the road so I don’t have to see others or have others piering onto my land.
Obviously, none of that doesn’t require that much land if you have the right kind of neighbors and the right kind of state and local government that leaves people alone, but having more land often comes with having better neighbors that mind their business while you mind your own.
My parents have a little under five acres — surrounded on one side by city reservoir property — but I think I’d rather have closer to 50 with much less house and barns, as my focus would be the wilderness not having a fancy home or barnyard. Obviously, this is an expensive goal, but living farther out means you can get more with less money.
