Surprise! You're a Farmer

I'll be honest when I say that I was a bit doubtful if I was going to enjoy this book, but I was already pulled in at the start of the book with how easy Kurt's writing style was and how well he explained his thought process when making all these decisions for his farm. It's very surprising that from the start of the book he went from having his own small pastry shop to making the impulse decision to buying this 4 acre plot of land where all he had in mind was making some sort of park. Never did he once think he was going to turn this plot of land into a farm, but somehow all his decisions sort of led him down that path almost naturally. As his restaurant business grew he started to want to learn more and more about farming in order to even be able to eat his own restaurants food. Hard to imagine someone owning a restaurant that they can't even eat at.

Kurt continues to surprise me by adding things to his farm that he just feels belong. He says earlier that he wants a tractor, but most small farms like his don't even use tractors because its just unnecessary and later on when he gets his first animals, the sheep, he really doesn't know how to take care of them either. He literally says "Surprisingly, the sheep lived." Kurt is pretty bold with his decision making and willingness to experiment. Had those sheep not survived he would have had to start all over, but luckily they survived long enough for him to fix up the yard for them.  What I also found very entertaining was his immense hate for goats. His description of how they just watch you plant and take care of your most prized possessions only to take away that love by eating all the plants was both insightful and hilarious. Very strong reasons to never start off with goats or even have goats on your farm.