Yeah, my first year was full of learning "interesting" things. Learned this one quite well.... sigh! And both fortunately and unfortunately, I keep finding there's no end to new and "interesting" things to learn....
I also learned I used to be quite spoiled. Growing up and living in Houston, pretty much all you had to do was turn the soil once things warmed up a bit, stick some seeds in the ground, water, fert from time to time, and God just made the rest happen. (I can't really take any credit for it!) Now my conditions are such that I have to start indoors, etc., etc., and there's a whole new world of stuff that comes along with all of that.