O’Neill: The only constant is change (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

The only constant is change. To farm is to manage uncertainty with strategies that are refined each season. We prep, sow, transplant, tend and harvest. Water flows and the magic of plant and animal life continues. Some things are known; the sun will rise and set, water is wet and there will be times of stress.