As a gardener, I can totally relate to your post and I love the way you wove the very essence of being a farmer into life in general.

In my garden, I never know which seeds will produce or if they do, what the results will be as there are so many variables. Wind, rain, heat, cold all affect the outcome.

Some years the slugs eat all the goodies and I'm forced to replant. One needs to be persistent and ever vigilant in their efforts.

But at the end of the day, I have results with enough harvest to store nuts (squash, potatoes, carrots etc...) for the slow days ahead.

What a great analogy you put forth with the farmer's mentality.