This idea struck me kind of randomly, but what do people think of the possibility of DoL players having the potential to create a feature for personal housing that essentially becomes a gatherable node?

Botanists could be able to plant a tree and once that tree begins to grow it could become a loggable node.

Fishermen could have a pond.

Miners (unfortunately this becomes a little abstract, but) could have a small mine or quarry.

It could even be fleshed out to the point where decisions you make regarding the feature could change potential yields later on.

Anyway, have at it.