u/theEmperorofjenks comes clean that it was all performance art…
https://www.reddit.com/u/TheEmperorOfJenks/s/45KFp28HPn
It was definitely fun to follow him for years. Good times were had by all. But unfortunately, it looks like his adventures in ornamental gourd futures, bee keeping, and clam digging were all exaggerated/performance art.
Godspeed EOJ.