Fermer

Where does the term farm come from? According to Google, it's an Anglo-French word derived from fermer which means to rent. And really, that makes sense. 

On a farm, you can raise crops and/or animals, but the land essentially stays the same. You put in your labors and hope to gain some profits, but you rent the land. Never minding financial and tax aspects, thinking metaphorically, you move water from one place to the next, you rotate either the crops or the animals on the pasture, and then you have to give back. You find the ways to keep the rain more for your land, you fertilize and seed, you plow and you reap. The land is the landlord and you've got to be good to it. 

I say that only because it's dry as bones out there. Dust devils are a constant and water is all I can think about. Here's hoping for a wet fall!