a little hard-won farming (and life) wisdom…

35 thoughts on “a little hard-won farming (and life) wisdom…”

1. You are awesome and wise for your age:)

2. Wow, talk about perspective ! Thank you for you honest insight, it makes me respect you more !

3. This is so good. Thank you!

4. I'm not a farmer, but I do have a small retail business. I understand how you feel. When I'm counting out the till every day, I'm thinking,"I've done this 7000 times already. Do I have to do it again?

5. I loved this video – Thanks Pete

6. Really enjoyed this video the you are true I retired from my job little over two years ago love the farm life but sometimes it hard to stay self motivated

7. He's as smart as his wife is good looking !

8. Excellent Pete, just excellent..

9. Thanks Pete

10. Thanks for the wisdom. I'm half way there. I used to produce farm and got out of it cuz it wouldn't much money in it. I'm on my way to having a fruit orchard, berries and chickens.

11. HI Pete. Some top shelf advise that we all need! This modern world detaches us and detracts from the natural cycles of life. We all like the regular wage, royalties or salary coming in that we can depend on. Yet, when the regular pay cheque (British spelling) is interupted by a "Civil Emergency" of some kind, the farming life style TRIUMPHS!

12. I would like one of your books how much where do I get one

13. Like always, every word is very valuable advice covered with tremendous wisdom 😢🎉. Thank you

14. Hi Pete, I used to work for a major company corporate America I guess , but I hated it, I've wanted to go back to farming but I have a really good job that I really like and the people like me and I like them but I really like to go to farming, if I can make it happen I will like my grandparents used to do, thanx Pete.
    Verne Johnson
    Farmall kid 63

15. Sorry I don’t like as much as I should, I like the knowledge u bring so I let it go from one video to the next uninterrupted. Truly thank you 🙏

16. Been subscribed just a few months. When I get time I enjoy going through your videos like this one and watching them. Genuinely intriguing Pete. Thank you for what you do. -Eric Root

17. Pete – Keeping the ignorance or insecurity of others away from your core is so key to remaining happy and focused. I think a lot of folks are living in fear and project that fear on others in different ways. Thanks for sharing

18. Pete my friend, you are absolutely right when you say let the things go that you cannot control. I used to get stressed 😩 like you say, sore neck, headache, loss of sleep. Then I said to myself, why and for what. Enough is enough. I learned to work around the uncontrollable situations. Understand them and work within them is the best you can ever hope to do. Pete, I know this an old topic, but it is so important. I had my own one man band, my own business. I worked for city government as a business to lending consultant for 10 years. I got laid off and turned this into an opportunity. Through no fault of my own was on the street. I didn’t want to work for anyone. If I was to loose the next job it would be that I failed. Anyway, enough, take care Pete. Believe that you will make it. Stick to your principles, you will never fail.

19. I greatly appreciate your honesty and wise approach to hurdles. When people throw judgmental or (troll like) comments at me I mostly respond with " Thanks for tuning in" I find they mostly want validation and I chose to not feed that. Still commenting to feed the YT metrics… and your retirement.

20. Very Very Very good. Thanks.

21. Great words Pete

22. I like the way you think.

23. Trying hard to let things go … I’m really torn up by not having my release, my equipment needs maintenance that I have no place to perform. My tools are in boxes and I spend more time looking than doing. I have to store old oil in containers because we can only get rid of it on two days of the year, six months apart. Sorry to whine, I’m feeling tired today!

24. I salute you! Good job! Waw!

25. One of the best channels on the internet. No doubt in my mind.

26. Hello Pete, in my humble pinion you forgot to mention that before going into farming you need a willing partner (spouse)! I always since early age wanted to be a farmer, I married a farm girl thinking this will for sure make things easier but to my surprise a few years later when we were ready to pull the triger she confessed that she dislikes farming! Now what? I knew there and then that we will NOT be successful at any cause? It takes two to tango! Your viewers watch Hillary and your children helping out on the farm and they forget the aspect their situation might be very different than what they're watching on the screen. Thank you again for sharing your wisdom!

27. Amen. Enough said.

28. “Things will work out, “ the man says. Well that’s a positive outlook. But things weren’t so positive for my grandfather, when the crops failed, and blindness overtook him. He shot himself, poor guy, so my Grandmother would have the insurance money to pay the mortgage.

29. “It’s a sweet life” my uncle said toward the end of his own life, “but sometimes it’s a hard one.”

30. I love the life you live, the persons that you d your wife are , … p.s., everything you said is dead on I am almost 66 years old … and yes …Let go of what you can't control, embrace the beauty and life lessons in each moment that you breathe

31. "Follow your bliss and don't be afraid." -Joseph Campbell

32. 😀 More homeless tent cities from climate change and wildfires! Mancamps helped with the Bakken oil patch housing shortages and vagrancy arrests in Williston, North Dakota! Instead of being content with a small city lot, retain small acreage that can be used as a hobby farm! God bless you all! 😀

33. Amen Pete, tip number 1 is something I also mention to new farmers. The fact is, you better set up your farm around what you love, because you simply won't have the energy for the work if it's not your passion. I think most of us fall into the other category. Where we're so invested in our work we have trouble carving out space for the rest of life. I once was milling around my nephews graduation and this topic was fresh on my mind, so I asked my uncle if he had any advice about turning off the farmer and focusing on the other aspects of life. He said, "you know, it doesn't matter if I'm at church or at the diner, there are always farmers standing around talking farming, I mean look at the two of us now!! I think you have to accept that when you love something it necessarily takes up space in your life. And that's not a bad lesson to impart upon your kids, loving your calling and carrying out your work in service of your calling is quite an example!" I can't say I don't still feel conflicted at times, but I do now recognize that I'm choosing between loves in my life and that's a blessing. If I've raised my kids well, they'll have the same dilemma, loving more than can fit into a life.

34. While you were sitting on your tractor, a chicken walked by. That was great. Very insightful video.

35. Great advice!

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