We were super busy yesterday. First we had our weekly early morning networking meeting with our Acquired Business Connections group. We invited a friend, John from Crossett.Plumbing LLC, to come with. John is a young man that we've known for a while who has just gotten his plumbing license. If you need a plumber, give him a call.
ABC is a great group of small business owners that are trying to make a difference in the world. It's nice to rub shoulders with these men and women. They are always looking to expand the group. If you are a small business owner in the OKC area, click on the ABC link to learn more about this group.
Next we stopped at Jones Hardware & Lumber to pick up some onion sets for our Garden
Anywhere Box(es). I'd never seen such nice onion sets. The ones that I usually get are dirty and bundled together...not that there's anything wrong with that...but it was nice to get nice clean packaged onion sets. While we were out and about, we stopped by the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitative Services. I read about an event on April 2 at the OK State Capitol called, People with Disabilities Awareness Day 2014.
I wanted to be a part of that somehow because our boxes are perfect for people with disabilities. Last year we participated in a fair at the Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Center (and have been asked back this year). They do Horticulture therapy there to help people rehabilitate by "playing in the dirt." Admittedly, we use potting mix, but you can still get your hands dirty if you want.
Anyway, we met the nicest lady named Jody. She took the time to let us tell her about our boxes. She suggested that we go to the Capitol and meet with different groups that would be represented there. When we mentioned that our boxes also conserve water, she said that we should come with her to her Sierra Club meeting which just happened to be last night. We were super excited about that. We really like the fact that gardening with Garden Anywhere Box uses less water than a traditional garden. No water is wasted. The roots get just what they need and evaporation happens through the plant...not on your lawn watering the weeds.
After our fortuitous meeting with Jody, we drove to the fairgrounds to check out our booth
space for the Home and Outdoor Living Show this weekend at the fairgrounds. We picked up our badges and free tickets to the show. That's how we could have a fun give-away. They gave us more tickets this year than last...so WOOT! We drove home, fixed lunch, answered emails, got things ready to print our updated flyers (what is a QR code?) to hand out at the fair and at Tinker next week, tried to take a nap, but that didn't really happen...too much to do. Then it was time to hook up the trailer and get to the fairgrounds to set up our booth. We took our son, daughter-in-law and daughter with us to help. We got our booth set up in no time with this extra help. Then it was off to the Sierra Club meeting for us and out to eat for the kids.
We had a really good time at the Sierra Club. The people were so nice and welcoming. We'd never thought of ourselves as Sierra Club members, but we decided to join last night. We believe that it's important to conserve our natural resources. We believe that Garden Anywhere Box (check out our new website) helps with the issue of water conservation. It is also a great way for people to be successful gardeners, grow their own food and know what they grow.
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