[jackfoxy]

Worked my way through college on semester breaks on farms in Oregon and Germany. I can totally relate. The camaraderie of showing up at the shop with the other hands on a frigid morning, working until sunset, sometimes longer. Watching crops grow. Harvesting. It also helps that I grew up in the last great generation of feral children. We were outdoors all the time. Rain or shine. I get depressed if I'm not outdoors enough to this day. Outdoor living (as well as hard work) seems lost on so many people today.