Right place,right time

i cannot believe that it is only a month now until we take over our grow space at oak tree farm. we've probably been a little cheeky to be honest as i have been up there 4 times already this weekend doing countless jobs, it kind of already feels like we have moved in! i did plant the odd cheeky couple of herb plants (just to see what its like you understand!) it feels so good to be doing something worthwhile and thinking ahead probably for the first time in my life. i always said with the meaningless monotonous jobs that i worked at before that i always worked to live and would never live to work. i suppose it depends on what your work is at the end of the day! i had rather a surreal moment the other day on a chance encounter with a lady and it made me feel like i am exactly where i am supposed to be. currently looking for a new van for the business i found myself in the middle of nowhere on an industrial estate and arrived at a large piece of land i had never been to before. it started to rain so i decided to stay in the car and wait it out until i could go and speak to anyone that was around to ask about vans. i watched this lady come right across this large field in the rain and head for my car and she wrapped on my window and asked me what i was doing there. i explained that i was on the search for a van to which she replied no, no vans here im afraid what do you want it for anyway? well im setting up my own hanging basket business and nursery and need it for transporting my goods. oh i used to do that she said i only finished doing it after 25 years a couple of weeks ago. now you might think well thats quite random and so did we and our conversation went on then for an hour and a half and mainly with me scribbling down any advice, tips and suppliers names down on the smallest piece of paper known to mankind! carol had made growing her life 25 years ago starting out throwing a few seeds on some cotton wool and growing them in her greenhouse and as time went by she taught herself how to propagate plants,sell at markets, and getting to know the community she worked in. she ended up with 27 polytunnels all run by herself and some very kind family members and made a proper life for herself. so as i hear of her highs and lows and lessons learnt the hard way from inexperience along with tales of barmy summer suntans i drift off for a few seconds and start dreaming of this life and cannot believe i have finally met such a nice person that is willing to give me her lifetimes education for free. ''so where are you growing'' she says, ''oh oak tree farm just out near pathlow'' i say, ''your renting two tunnels off jon then?'' ''yeah how do you know that?'' ''because i sold them to him, they were my tunnels!''
now take from this what you will but i took it as a sign that whatever guides us through this strange and beautiful life sometimes puts you on a path you've never been down before or a door you havn't knocked on for a reason, so as we sail on through november finishing up our jobs we've got left to do at least we know we're on the right track!