Impact

Things that have had an impact on me, and things I hope will have an impact on you.

The Savvy Dirt Farmer

I’m in a Facebook group called Side Hustle Nation. I’m also lucky enough to have met Nick Loper at a conference. But that is not the point of the impact.

In that group, about a year ago as I write this, I saw a post from somebody who said he had started a backyard nursery and was now helping others to do the same simply by documenting and chronicling his journey.

When I checked out his YouTube channel, Savvy Dirt Farmer, he had about 21,000 subscribers and he had started that group about a year before. I was impressed with his numbers.

He now has double that.

I’ve enjoyed his content and gained a great deal of education.

However, that still isn’t the impact.

I recently found a wholesaler of hostas. I was excited. I found several variety that I waned to give a try. But I didn’t know if I should go ahead and make a big order or if I should just order a few, and get the hang of it first.

I mean, I didn’t know if this company was real or honest or if stuff was gonna arrive dead or not arrive at all.

This was kind of an investment for me.

So, I emailed Craig Odem, the Savvy Dirt Farmer to get his opinion. And I wrangled the idea around by myself as I waited, cuz I’m not sure if you know this… but he has stuff to do and didn’t just drop everything to respond to my email. 🙂

I decided to do it. I had checked out the company as well as I could and I felt pretty confident in them, so decided to just go ahead and order the 100 hostas I wanted to start with.

But then when I got to the checkout, I saw they had a minimum order which would more than double my intended order.

Oy Vay… Back to thinking it through again. I left the window open for an hour or so while I put my mind to other tasks. For me, that’s a great way to think through a problem, is to think about something else.

I really wanted to call my MasterMind partner, but she was dealing with some family health issues.

I tried to talk to my brother who just cannot see the goal or purpose and as you might have guessed, was less than supportive or helpful.

I decided to do it. On my own.

A short time later, I got an email response from Craig. And I’m sharing the whole thing here so you understand just how awesome he is. I think you can understand that at receiving and reading his last reply, I was kind of teary.

I’m alone here… but didn’t feel so alone after that.

This is the email I sent Craig.

And this was his response. … there’s… there’s something in my eye. (I’m VERY grateful to Craig for this response.)