A Harvest Table of Vegetables for an Entrepreneur’s Dinner Party

Apr 3, 2021

I recently moved house. What a stressful experience! Anyone who has gone through this will understand what I mean. If moving amidst a global pandemic is not enough, we decided to renovate. Proverbially ripped the bandaid off!  What I have been thinking about a lot lately has nothing to do with moving or building works.   […]

I recently moved house. What a stressful experience! Anyone who has gone through this will understand what I mean. If moving amidst a global pandemic is not enough, we decided to renovate. Proverbially ripped the bandaid off! 

What I have been thinking about a lot lately has nothing to do with moving or building works.  

But let me tell you about the roots of my thoughts… Admittedly I got lost in my newly acquired garden. To escape from some of the messiness, chaos and overall adjustment needing to happen.  

I have always loved cooking and wanted an extensive veggie and herb garden. Now I am lucky enough to have both. Well, the veggies are a work in progress; let’s agree to that!  I planted every seed following the instructions on the seed backs meticulously. I watered, I fed… but I am disappointed.   

Many of my seeds did not grow to my dismay, and those that did were not very successful. 

 As a modern small-scale farmer, I googled it and asked a few friends for advice. Of course, everyone had their own theory. They were ranging from the brand of seeds to compost.  

Then I just decided to redo some of the sowings. And low and behold, the plants are now much more substantial. So, what went wrong? Well, it was very straightforward. I was out by a few days /weeks in the sowing. It was just not the right time. 

This got me thinking, why do some people find great success and others don’t? When some of them do all the right things? 

It’s all about timing and finding the right time to do what needs to be done. And sometimes to wait a little longer or to try again… Patience truly is a precious virtue.  

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