I hate that expression. Maybe it's because my father used to say that to me all the time when I was a kid and he was unhappy with me.

Really what does it mean? Afterall you plant the seeds you water and cultivate and use fertilizer and pesticide and of course you have a bumper crop.

Nonsense, the winds come and new diseases come and hail comes and birds and things you have no control over, even plain bad luck just like life.

So really the saying is nonsense because it implies you work hard and everything comes out great for you.

Right? Or is there more to it and I'm missing something or did my father sell me a bill of goods?