Planting seeds. We would use our thumb to make a hole, then we put in 3 seeds, fill it in with dirt and repeat the process about 10,000x. (okay, maybe a slight exaggeration) We're hoping there will be a bountiful harvest. Children. It's all for the children.
Oh what we wouldn't have given for a rototiller, but you make do with the tools you have.
Time to take a break