Its not about whether to have a pile of junk or not, but its utility. My fathers side of the family is all farmers for generations. They piled up a lot of junk

Its not about whether to have a pile of junk or not, but its utility. My fathers side of the family is all farmers for generations. They piled up a lot of junk and reused continously around the properties. But those weren't just random piles, but sorted and to a degree inventoried and cleaned so it can be used efficiently. They could e.g. plan ahead for new projects how much can be build from scrap vs new materials. Sure just throwing stuff on a pile doesnt cost you anything, but i dont see how you are going to reuse that stuff somewhat efficiently later without upfront assigning some value to different types of junk