- Location
- Lincolnshire
Way too many farmers (my father being a clear case) have zero interests outside farming and no plan for when farming stops. This causes huge mental health issues.
While you are on it farming is like a treadmill. Being weather dependent it's difficult to make plans or attend regular meetings typical of clubs and societies. I can almost guarantee that if I reserve a date in my diary for some event, then the weather will come good for some field work.
I harvested beet everyday from Christmas right through the new year holiday as the land dried just enough to travel. Then it got too wet again. In some ways it felt like an achievement to kept up my deliveries by the skin of my teeth. In other ways it's depressing how much it rules your life. Many times there have been such situations where the business hung in the balance over succeeding or failing to do or repair something in a very tight timescale. And the busuness includes the house. It can be very wearing if you think about too much or let it grind you down. I try not to.