I'm a Certified Master Gardener, Jamie, for what that's worth.
I used to help the Extension Office with the public, taking care of crops, orchards, farming, and domestic fowl. I gave away my farm when I got divorced.
I've created four or five cultivars (notably a purple sunflower) and invented a dark egg laying (hershey bar colored) chicken along the way, too. Made a lot of money from that stuff.
I used to be addicted to botany and genetics something fierce.
Now I just try to keep the fungus off my tomatoes, play cigars, learn about Christ, and make stuff out of wood.
I've invented a bunch of stuff along the way, too. Some have been very successful, some I never shared, some I'm still waiting to build.
I have about two dozen projects, inventions or systems in my head at any given moment. I never stop reading.
I kind of put everything aside while I'm trying to get my back fixed.