"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are only few." In Zen Buddhism maybe and in chess, but not in farming. If you listen to the people at the extension (okay, maybe just some people at extension ... but my experience has been less than promising) they will tell you the best, the most cost effective, the most efficient, the *only* way to farm but there are lots of other people out there farming a totally different way. People grazing 5' high grass, people milking once a day, people mixing breeds and succeeding. These ideas come from experience and from adapting and from having an experts mind.
I got to reap the benefits of the experts mind today when I stumbled ass-backwards into someone who agreed to teach me to weld and help me build Lucky's cart. I had been wondering about the right place to buy angle iron for the frame. It seemed an expensive proposition, but cheaper than a tractor anyway. This person said, "why don't we go to the salvage yard and look around. You can buy metal by the pound there." I really never would have thought of it. It happens to me all the time - my partner will have a totally new idea. It comes from experience. The mind of every farmer I meet seems to be full with possibilities.
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