1) Calculate spray rates at least twice (preferably without kids in the background!)
2) When in doubt, a little water and fertilizer goes a long way!
3) Even though you cannot see your mistakes right away, you will later on! Learn from them! Nobody learned how to farm overnight! Especially new crops (strawberries), or new environments (greenhouses).
4) Plan a few things for the day and let the miscellaneous events of the day fill in the gaps. That way, I am not so stressed when I don't get things done!
5) Take time to play with my kids! Whether it is while I am working, or if we are enjoying a morning at home! We won't have much more of those, once summer comes!
6) Work comes in many forms, especially when a husband/father is responsible enough to pick up jobs to help support his family!
7) Farming has high inputs and sometimes low outputs! The key is trying to find the niche that will work best for you!
8) Never trust a dirty rat! Human or other! They will eat the seeds that you have sown every time!
9) Ask the Rainmaker for the rain, not the weatherman! Only God knows what the weather will be! I have a farmer friend, whose father told him, "God will always bring the rain, before it is too late". I think that can cover any situation that you are in! Trust in Him!
10) Farming is a risky business, always keep a magic 8-ball around for humor!
