Before I became interested in agraculture and gardening, I was quite a grumpy and short tempered fellow. I snapped at whatever other people said and didn’t take joking well. I tended to become bored at whatever I did, and that resulted in both frustration and irritation.
One day, while I was watching TV, a friend of mine came up to me. He saw what I was doing and instantly said “, Dude, you gotta find something else to do.” I thought about it for awhile, before getting fussy and leaving the room.
Late that night, as I was falling asleep, my mind began to wonder. I began to wonder about what my friend had said earlier. What could I possibly do that would interest me? Sports? Nah, I had always been a more academic than athletic person. Collecting? No, it would end up costing more than it was worth. I decided to set the subject of some kind of hobby aside and leave it to brood on later.
A couple weeks later, I found myself going outside to check the mail-something I didn’t exactly do often. I looked through the mail to see what I had got. A couple letters from some friends, a bunch of letters from various companies, a National Geographic magazine, and-hmm? What’s this? A gardening magazine? I didn’t remember subscribing to any of these before. I decided to take a look at it back in the comfort of my home.
“Tomato seeds, sunflower seeds, compost makers…” I though to myself as I looked through the magazine. There were so many different kinds of plants that I had never knew about. Who knew there were so many different kinds of tomatoes? Definitely not me. I decided to try order one of their starter kits and begin a little garden of my own.
Two weeks later, I recieved the things I ordered. The starter kit, which included some pots, peat pellets(which expand with water), and some tomato & radish seeds. I was quite excited and began planting the seeds right away.
For almost a week, I watered my little seeds every day, untill one day, I saw it beginning to sprout. I was so happy; I felt a feeling of accomplishment just then and I must say, I quite liked it.
For another two weeks, I watered them and took care of them. They grew quite big, and, just like what the instructions in the kit said, I carefully took them out of their pots and put them into the ground. Soon, the radishes looked big enough to harvest, and the tomato plants were producing fruit. I picked them, with a great feeling of accomplishment all the while, and took them into the house.
I didn’t notice that while I was taking care of my plants outside, I was becoming a more patient and cheerful person. However, I didn’t notice untill one day, my friend (the same one from before) mentioned it to me.
“Gosh, you sure have changed a lot since I last saw you.” he said.
“Huh? what do you mean?” I replied.
“Well, for one, you are much more patient then before and a lot less grumpy.”
“Is that so?” I said, thinking back on recent events after they last met. “Well, I wonder why.”
That was when I first found out that gardening had made me into a changed person, in a good way. And I also found it fun. I only noticed then that gardening was the hobby for me. I finally understood what my friend had said, more than a month ago. Satisfied, I decided to stick with gardening and it has made me who I am today.
