Here are a few things you may not have known. Placing Fence under farmland prevents all trampling to any and all crops. A 2x2 block of string in a crafting bench makes wool. Wood logs can be cooked in a furnace to make coal. The Nether and its vast armies of Zombie Pigmen are a great source of Cooked Pork. Water can keep farmland up to 4 blocks away hydrated(wet), even diagonally. i was bored.....
Same! I even stopped what I was doing on the spot last night to test this, just to make sure I read it correctly, and sure enough. GREAT tip!