One problem solved. Made my house on top of my mine. Started with just a shack with my furnace, chest and work bench. A ladder leading down to the mine. Then worked my way over to another area that has a whole different set of resources and popped out of the ground there. Made a shack around that entrance and then went back through the mine to my first shack and built a second story on top of that which is about three times the size of the shack, with supports just in case.
In the digging i found a few underground caverns which a filled with zombies which i will explore later. I plan on digging my way over to some large hills i see in another direction next.
Also made a few zombie traps that worked well. Made a one square wide path from a water source that works down to two squares deep. They wander into it and get pushed by the current into the deep section and get trapped. Easy targets.
