thanks for the fast reply!
The stockpile issue was mostly about Planks. Lord knows how i get them to be stored!
Another suggestion would be to make "trash" plants. So you send your guy out with plant gathering and he collects all the Plastic Bottles (barrels), Old auto parts (melt into iron/steel), Tinned Food (non-edible but cookable food). These plants could just not regrow, or maybe only regrow in the Landfill biome

I would think this will increase my feeling that I am scavenging for items at the start rather than just digging everywhere in the clay until i hit some metals.
Oh and for something ridiculous put in a way to get -*Depleted Uranium Bullets*-

:D
My current survivor camp has a swarm of infected sitting outside under my draw bridge with no way in. Good training for my Riflemen!