Author: Henry

Everyone thinks they can grow vegetables until they actually try it. You plant seeds, they don’t come up. Or they come up and immediately get eaten by bugs. Or they grow great and then die for no apparent reason right before harvest. Or you get a huge harvest but half of it rots because you […]

Here’s what nobody tells you before you start working with livestock—animals are way more complicated than they look. From the outside, it seems simple enough. Feed them, give them water, keep them healthy, done. But then you’re actually responsible for living creatures and you realize they have moods, health issues, social dynamics, and a million […]

So you’re thinking about getting into agriculture. Maybe you’re tired of office work, maybe you want to grow your own food, or maybe you just like the idea of working outside. Whatever the reason, there’s this romantic vision of farming that lives in your head—sunrise over the fields, fresh air, honest work, connection to the […]

There’s a huge difference between knowing about farming and knowing how to farm. You can read every book, watch every YouTube video, and still be completely useless on an actual farm if you don’t have the basic hands-on skills. And I’m not talking about advanced techniques or specialized knowledge—I’m talking about the fundamental stuff that […]

Here’s something nobody talks about enough—you don’t need a degree to build a successful career in agriculture. Yeah, agricultural colleges exist and they’re great for some people, but the idea that you need four years of classroom education to grow food or raise animals is kind of ridiculous when you think about it. Farmers have […]