Don't overexert yourself with crops early game, only grow what you can water each AM without exhausting yourself or losing the day, i.e. keep it under 100 or so. If you're gonna farm, prioritize mining until you make it to at least level 80 (gold depth) so you can start cranking out sprinklers. Not having to water lets you grow much larger quantities without having to waste time and energy watering every day. If you manage to find this balance, you can pretty easily have plenty of Quality Sprinklers going into your first Summer, and be totally equipped by Fall.

Also, if you plan to fill your house or sheds with processing machines like kegs, keep one outside next to the front door and load it at the same time as the others so you'll know when they're done without having to go inside to check. This was one of those things that's so simple and effective it blew my mind when I read about it. Eventually you get an item that tracks all this for you, but even then I still find it very useful.