1a. This occasion, as a result, has made me more grateful to farmers and helped me understand what the saying "no pain, no gain" practically means.
b. It had, in fact, never occurred to me that farming would be so physically demanding.
c. I had to do the land ploughing, fertiliser spreading and grass uprooting in the burning summer heat.
d. Having hands-on experience on a farm for a fortnight really exhausted me, but at the same time made me more appreciative of farming.
e. Farming was such hard work that it made me sweat all the time and even lose a few kilos.
