How to be a farmer like you mean it

[Based on How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land, by various authors, translated by Mark D. Usher. Full book series here.]

I have been covering the Princeton University Press brilliant ongoing series, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers, edited by Rob Tempio, for a while now. This is entry number 21, and I’m almost caught up with what they put out so far. (Of course, Rob taunted me recently by announcing four more titles for next year, to which I replied: yay!)

I have to admit, tho...