When it comes down to it, successful home gardening is doing a lot of little things. I found myself behind in two small but important tasks: ripping up cardboard boxes into small pieces for the compost pile and sifting the soil in the Worm Box. So I decided to have a Crushing Cardboard and Sifting Soil Party. However there are only two other persons in the household today to ask, my wife and my adult son who lives in our hospitality rooms upstairs. I really could not ask my wife since it was her “day off” and she suffers from a painful pinched nerve. So I asked my son if would join me in the “Crushing Cardboard and Sifting Soil Party” He said no but that he would rip up cardboard. I said okay.
He was doing a good job for a while when I heard him yell out. He was bit through a t-shirt by one of the many bees or hornets that hang around our garden. This was good excuse for him to stop crushing cardboard. Amidst other little things I did some sifting soil from the worm box.
In business and in my life I have found that persistent effort for a long period of time usually pays off. When I had my direct mail advertising business I remember calling on retailers over and over again for many years. Some of them finally said yes and tried the product, found it a good one and became some of my best customers.
Like others I find rejection hard to take. But I know that if I persist in asking my son to help with tasks related to the garden he does and will. If you have a good cause, like demilitarizing our education system or a good product like a home garden, being persistent with many small things will pay off someday.
Anyone up for a Crushing Cardboard and Sifting Soil Party?
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