Jim Doherty may not be a born farmer, but he __________ (1) without too much trouble. Not that he has had it easy. That first hard winter he faced must have left him with the __________ (2) to give up and go back to the city. But he managed to __________ (3) it without losing heart. He's picked up a lot of skills since then and made some real __________ (4) to his farm, though without much laborsaving machinery, __________ (5) that old rotary cultivator. I __________ (6) he doesn't make all that much, though he does have his writing to __________ (7) what little __________ (8) he makes from the farm. I guess he does it primarily for the quality of life. Certainly, they seem a happy family and you can often see them out working together, one day spraying apple trees, the next __________ (9) firewood.