People think I'm totally a book-learning type of guy, but I've always watched other people do things and learned everything I can. Back in the old days, I would watch mechanics work on my car to see what they did. I watched a guy work on my heat pump and fix it simply. The next time it had the same problem, I fixed it myself.

I built my greenhouse almost 20 years ago, and it still stands. A guy next door kept saying the lumber was crooked, and the greenhouse wouldn't look right. I told him I was allowing for the crooked lumber by the way I arranged it. When I was done, it looked straight and square. I impressed myself. :)

I helped in the garden when I was a child and can garden today. I already have seeds for this spring and the coming fall. I also have a yard full of edible wild plants. It's a yard, not a lawn. So I'm pretty sure I won't starve.