Adventures of an Accidental Farmer: 2017-2019 Chronicles
Warning: Long Post The Autumn of 2017 marked a new phase in my life. As a fresh PhD from an American university, I was burnt out, scarred from the experience and completely lost. While there was some element of a flock mentality that pushed me to follow normal course laid out for scholars like me, my ideal life situation spread out in front of my eyes - quite literally. I am an Indian woman and a Bavarian Bahu. Only two plans enthuse me and help me get out of bed - writing and learning about farming, a lifestyle Bavaria is most commonly associated with. My mother-in-law owns a small patch of land and a spot of woods deep in the highlands of Bavarian forests. Though her parents did some farming and poultry, she herself only maintains a small kitchen garden. During my occasional visits before 2017 she would assign me odd jobs whenever I showed an interest in getting out for some fresh air and working under the sun. In the Autumn of 2017 all this changed. Since I was livi...