Ryan Heiniger

I'm as pro private property rights as anyone, but buy and dry on the edge of a scenic riparian area in an area of minimal rainfall shouldn't be allowed. Leave a little water to maintain vegetation so it doesn't become an ecological disaster.

I used to be entirely in the camp that said you should kick your kids out at 18 and force them to live independently and make their own way in the world. I don’t feel that way at all anymore. I want all my kids to live with us until they get married. Even after they’re married, if they want to live on our property, or close by, my wife and I would love that. The important thing is to teach your kids responsibility, which we’re doing. They need to contribute and help around the house, which all of our kids do from a very young age. Provided you aren’t raising ungrateful useless moochers, why kick them out? Why drive them away from your family home? I don’t see the point in it anymore. I actually like my kids and like being around them. Maybe they’ll all end up scattered to the wind. But I’d prefer to keep the family together. Why wouldn’t I?

There is a way off of American farmer dependency on expensive synthetic fertilizer - it is regenerative agriculture. If more people knew that they could grow their own fertility, it would lead to true national security.