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.