LIFE in the country is hard work and it means doing more than one job to make ends meet financially and to have a comfortable life.

The same can be said for Ewart Crandon, a resident of Rosignol village, West Coast Berbice, who believes it is a man’s duty to provide for the home.

The 27-year-old is a pig farmer who also cultivates a few acres of cash crops which he sells at the nearby Rosignol Market on weekends.

Crandon has some chickens, creole fowls and turkeys in his yard and is a landscaper, as well.

The father of one told the Pepperpot Magazine that he decided to plant some bora, pigeon peas, tomatoes, ochroes, peppers on the dam, just over the canal where the land was empty to sell the produce and bring in an income.

He has been a farmer for a while now and he is seeing the rewards of being patient, while his crops grow until it is time to harvest.

During that time, Crandon knew he had to do other things and started to rear pigs and it paid off too, after he had invested his life savings and bought six pigs.

It was during the Christmas holidays, he sold off three pigs, made a profit and was pleased.

The young man is not the type who would sit by idly and wait for things to happen; instead, he is enterprising and he would get up and get things done daily.

In fact, when the team caught up with him, he was in the process of washing out the containers he uses to feed the pigs and was about to make a meal for them before heading off to do some chores.

Crandon is pleased to be a self-employed person who can do many things to earn honestly.

“I like it here because I have space to plant and it is convenient that the market is also in the village and I can do many things at home to earn. It is not too crowded here, and I like it this way where the quietness means peace,” he said.

The father of one told the Pepperpot Magazine that he recently built his own house and he is thankful he was able to do so despite challenges.

“There is no greater feeling of accomplishment than living under your own roof and not having to live with family or pay rent,” he said.

Crandon has a nice little concrete house which is just right for himself and family of three.

He disclosed that the location where he lives is Cross Dam, Rosignol Village. The issue of garbage dumping is a sore one, because he has to pass the dump to access his farm.

Crandon explained that often he would take his daughter along and having to pass by all that garbage thrown there deliberately is not a pleasant situation.

He related that the NDC would do garbage collection with a tractor and trailer, but some people are still dumping.

Other than the rubbish issue, he said life is good in that section of the village where people mind their own business and do what they must to live comfortably.

Crandon told the Pepperpot Magazine that the village has potable water supply, electricity and they have a private internet service.

He would get Wi-Fi from his brother, who resides next door and they have no landline phones as yet.

Crandon stated that he did a lot of landscaping jobs within the village for the holidays, because almost everybody wanted their yards weeded and that was a plus for him in terms of earning.

“In this life, you cannot let it go by just like that. You have to make your mark and work towards your goals to have a fruitful time before it is too late,” he said.

Crandon noted that with strong family support, he was able to accomplish a lot and sees life as the ‘sky-is- the-limit’ mind set.

In his yard, his extended family have several houses in it, and it seems as if it is a good thing to be near them, even for the moral support at times when it is needed.