Thats the reality, you gotta put in the work, plant the seeds, and be patient.

I could also try planting various tropical fruit trees there where it would not work here in the Bay Area.

I target this class because they appear to me to be more resilient in times of financial hardship. 

And as any farmer will tell you in order to have a harvest you have to first plant something.

Seems like the answer is have the reserves to be able to deal with a downturn.As for Canton itself, I find the plant to be more of an eyesore than a smell issue.

Are there any trees (Not many on mine, so I planted some)8.

coulda woulda shoulda bought the fertilizer plant a friend offered to sell to me for 45k in 09 that just sold for over 300k with no improvements just some other lucky guy sat on it until the economy came back didn't even use the buildings just left them empty and paid his taxes....

They will instruct a party to continue under their guidance, bait the bad doer and move in on them or, they will have a "plant" buyer to make an offer or entice business and then nail them.

Some plants (such as bamboo, Hawaiian Ginger, banana trees,) rapidly drink up water and return it to the atmosphere.

Houston economy dwarfs Austin and it is much more resilient than almost any economy in the country.