Undergound Growing

With my hard-won seeds in hand, it was time to start on one activity I can claim excellence at - farming wheat.  Knocking out the dirt floor of the tree above, and putting cobblestone in its place was a fairly simple task.  I only fell through the floor twice >_>;

Precious dirt!  Now there was the more problematic need for water.  As anyone who's grown wheat before in Minecraft knows, you need tilled, watered soil and light (or bonemeal for instant growth) for success.  Luckily I had already run into the edge of the map while voraciously accumulating sand, so it wasn't too hard to knock out a hole in the wall and build some raised beds.

Certainly not the best or biggest farm I've ever made, but it's a good start, and along with fishing should provide me with a steady food supply.  Now for the risky bit - replacing the ceiling.  This was quite a nostalgic project, recalling memories of doing much the same task but on a much bigger scale when Glass Island was first being shelled.

The trick is to break one block at a time and quickly stuff the replacement in before anything nasty decides to pay you a visit.  This is one time when an overhead spider is actually a blessing, for they can't fit through a 1x1 hole and nothing else can get in either while they're tap-dancing over your head.

Spotting a tempting pumpkin nearby, I took the opportunity to snatch it from below.  Anything that adds lighting is a-okay in my books.

Wading upstream to harvest the back rows of drops is reminding me why I quickly abandoned running water stream farm designs originally, but at least I've managed a successful crop of mature wheat.  Task accomplished, which means now I have to go back outside and explore some more.  Gulp.