I think your right, my first ever project I didn't have Internet,it hadn't been invented back then, I had a book, very few books back then,but I had one, it was Ed rosenthal,and a rented flat. No filter, extraction, hydro, just seeds, soil and HPS, I managed OK more by good fortune than skill, made loads of f**k-ups since then, flooded places through blocked systems, pumps failing, lights going off, timers failing, you name it I f****d it up, nowadays it's second nature but it was more fun back then ? its all a learning curve.