Reflections: Let's not let time be an obstacle for our projects in the medium and long term.
Time goes by without us noticing, many times we do not dare to do medium and long-term projects, simply because we want to see the results immediately, we are always thinking of something easy and fast, because we want to see the results in less than a week or a month, for this reason many people do not like to invest in fruit tree crops as our grandparents did, I tell you that my grandparents had a coffee, cocoa, and cattle ranch, but their highest income It was for the sales of coffee, but these customs seem to me to be in the past, today people who own land do not like crops that take a long time like fruit trees, imagine if someone says that they are going to plant coconuts, I think that his family and friends would die of laughter and tell him that he is crazy.
What was once a hope is now a fact: My avocado trees:
My friend Trivilin is an example to follow, time did not hinder his projects
Today as a reflection, I want to remember a friend who, 17 years ago, came up with the idea of planting coconut plants, I will tell you that we were a group of friends who from 1998 to 2005 and 2007 We used to meet on Saturdays in a place in front of the beach, in Puerto la Cruz, we played and sang there. My friend Tribilin, as we popularly called him, liked to sing and I accompanied him on the guitar, while that the other companions played the drum, the maracas and did the choir, the truth was that one Saturday my friend Tribilin arrived at the business with his truck loaded with germinated coconuts, the stems barely reached a height of 60 centimeters , we immediately asked him about those small plants, and he told us that he was going to plant about 500 coconut palm plants on his land, when he said that, everyone laughed, as if what he was saying Tribilin It was a joke, actually, it seemed like an interesting project to me, because I like plants and in fact, at that time, I had my vegetable crops, and I had started planting avocado plants, for so I applauded my friend's decision, well friends, perhaps the other colleagues gave more importance to the popular saying that says: "What hope for those who plant coconuts" for that reason everyone laughed or made fun of my friend, but he What they did not know is that time passes quickly, especially for people who, without wasting time, put their ideas into practice, because there are those who think and think and never do anything.
Well friends, due to work commitments there on my farm, I rarely saw my friend Tribilin, sometimes we greeted each other on the way and that's how time went by until two weeks ago we found ourselves queuing at a fuel station. season. season. season. season. station, and between conversation he asked me about my farm and I asked him about his coconut trees, when I asked him he immediately smiled and said: —Do you remember when most of our friends 17 years ago laughed at me when I told them that I was going to plant coconuts,"— —Well, friend Oscar, I did this project, without thinking about time, currently I have planted almost three thousand coconut trees in full production, and it seems that not so much time has passed, those years have passed. 17 years fast, I tell you that I sell wholesale coconuts throughout the eastern part of the country and there are buyers who take the coconuts to the capital region, -then he pauses and takes a deep breath and says that he is very grateful to God for having put in his mind this brilliant idea that today is the livelihood of his family.
My friend Tribilin patiently waited for the production of his coconut trees
Hey, what a good decision my friend Tribilin had with his project to plant coconut trees, which began 17 years ago and after waiting patiently, today it provides him with good income, he told me that for 11 years He began to sell his coconuts, he told me that today, his monthly production is 120,000 coconuts, for whose sales he receives an income of almost 10 thousand dollars, he also told me that he feels happy with his coconut trees, because at his age of 78 years he would never have been able to receive this income, with which he has been able to live well and pay for the studies of his children, who are now professionals.
Reflections: Plant fruit trees and soon you will reap their fruits
I tell you friends, that just as my friend Tribilin planted his coconut trees 17 years ago, I also had a good initiative 20 years ago, since I planted many avocado plants and I am still planting many more, today in day my avocado trees give me good fruits, I currently have 32 trees in full production, as well as several mango trees, guava, anón, plums apart from short-cycle crops such as: tomato, chili pepper, paprika, chives, onion , tomato, cilantro among others.
My avocado trees:
My mangos:
My vegetable crops:
Continuing with my avocado planting project
My new project is to continue planting avocado, at least 500 plants, because I thought that today I am 66 years old, but in a few more years, my physical condition will not be the same, so I have to look for new ones. options that guarantee me a good income without working so much, because I tell you something, field work is hard, especially when vegetables are grown, however fruit trees such as avocados, oranges and lemons only require irrigation, pruning, complying with the fertilization plan and always keeping the surroundings of their stems clean, really friends, the avocado is a very profitable crop, note that my 32 avocado trees produce an average of 6000 kilos each year, and I have other avocado plants that I hope will begin to bear fruit next year, now, imagine the production in 500 avocado trees, that is to live peacefully like my trivilin friend with his coconut trees.
Well my friends, I want this publication to serve as a reflection, as is the case of my friend Trivilin who did hope to harvest his coconuts without caring about the time it takes for the coconut trees to bear fruit, many They say that time passes slowly, but I would say that it passes very quickly, for this reason, if an idea of a good long-term project crosses our minds, let's not think about time, let's not let time be an obstacle to our projects. in the medium and long term.