Timmermeister has truly done a fantastic job with this book. Throughout reading it, I felt as if you I was preparing for my own life journey in being an innate metropolitan man to transitioning into a farmer starting in northern California. An intriguing chapter that definitely pulled me in was the Pigs chapter. I had no idea that water is an essential key part of a pig's diet. I thought we were purposely wanting them to become fat all the time. Pigs on a diet? The other chapter that is similar to Pigs is Cows. I am always fascinated to know about the process in how to properly raise your own livestock. It is extremely tough as I have heard based off making sure to check on every single animal, for intending to solidifying that they are in their based shape possible. This is a challenge within itself. Not only that you have to make sure that all of your livestock are in the best shape possible, but you have to make sure that you don't drive yourself psychologically crazy with the process!
The most amazing part of this book is when you get to the chapter about learning about The Present-Day Farm and about The Table. During his chapter about The Present-Day Farm, Timmermeister starts to pull in his entire vision by bringing his experience and steps to a formatted consensus in how to raise a farm from scratch. This, in my opinion, is very incredible. It is not so easy to all of a sudden quit your job in the city, brush up your knowledge in attempting in being a farmer, and then pulling through and doing it. This is an amazing task to accomplish. As I drifted towards the end of the book with the chapter, The Table, I found it very interesting how when Timmermeister was talking about "Cookhouse Dinners" that they all came from his farm exclusively! If I would ever get to this stage as a farmer by being confident enough to sell my own produce and serve it in dinners and lunches, Kurt Timmermeister is clearly the one who taught me in how to grow myself into a great farmer.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Growing a Farmer Post#1
It is something that I have never even considered. It is to be a farmer or not be a farmer; that is the question. After diving into this book for the first couple chapters, I became extremely interested upon the story of the main character. I wanted to know more about his motivators and influences that got him thinking about such a gigantic transition in his life. His restaurant life was somewhat successful in the beginning. He was making enough money to keep himself satisfied, yet when he moved his small little cafe into a much bigger space, that is when I started to become curious. His business wasn't as booming as before and he was loosing potential profit fast. Was it then that he decided he was interested in starting his own farm? Was he in such a financial deep hole that he couldn't get out? There are many things to consider when thinking about how the main character just had such a spontaneous ambition to become a farmer.
Through the next couple chapters, he started to explain about the many different kinds of objectives and livestock he needed in order to have a successful farm. There are many things that were explained by Timmermeister that I had no prior knowledge about. In the Bees chapter, I became very fascinated by the steps in having a "bee farm". I was truly astounded about the different kinds of bees there were and how each kind had a different role in order to keep the hive balanced. The other fact that I didn't know about was the process in obtaining honey. All these hive boxes placed upon one another were completely out of my own thinking of how I thought we got honey. It was something that I have never thought of before. This book, Timmermeister's project, is something I have to give kudos to. It is not easy in thinking of moving out of such a metropolis environment to go pursue something completely unordinary. In relationship in my life, I hope to acquire such ambition to running after something that I feel passionate about. We sometimes mistake some major aspects of life: happiness, ambition, drive, and/or passion. It is important for us to take Timmermeister's journey as an emotional motivator. If you are not happy in what your doing for any reason what so ever, you always have the time to change it, no matter how abstract the idea.
Through the next couple chapters, he started to explain about the many different kinds of objectives and livestock he needed in order to have a successful farm. There are many things that were explained by Timmermeister that I had no prior knowledge about. In the Bees chapter, I became very fascinated by the steps in having a "bee farm". I was truly astounded about the different kinds of bees there were and how each kind had a different role in order to keep the hive balanced. The other fact that I didn't know about was the process in obtaining honey. All these hive boxes placed upon one another were completely out of my own thinking of how I thought we got honey. It was something that I have never thought of before. This book, Timmermeister's project, is something I have to give kudos to. It is not easy in thinking of moving out of such a metropolis environment to go pursue something completely unordinary. In relationship in my life, I hope to acquire such ambition to running after something that I feel passionate about. We sometimes mistake some major aspects of life: happiness, ambition, drive, and/or passion. It is important for us to take Timmermeister's journey as an emotional motivator. If you are not happy in what your doing for any reason what so ever, you always have the time to change it, no matter how abstract the idea.
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