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If you’re working alone on a farm or homestead, always tell someone your plan before you start.

Not because you’re fragile—but because a tractor, a chainsaw, or a bad fall doesn’t care how capable you are.

I text my son “fencing in the back field, back for lunch” before I head out. It takes 10 seconds, and it means if something goes wrong, eventually someone will come looking.