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A typical day

You walk the range first thing, before anyone else, looking at plants. Wilting, yellowing, anything chewed. Then you set the day: what gets watered, what gets fed and at what rate, what ships. Mid-morning is scouting, turning over leaves hunting for thrips and aphids and deciding whether to release predators or spray. Afternoons are schedules, orders and arguments with the heating system. In spring you do all of it at double speed, six or seven days a week.