In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled?

Once I revelled in hard work

I really liked to dig

But now I am a convert

And kinder to the Earth.

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It’s really good to labour

I like to toil and sweat

Too many years behind a desk

Just staring at a screen.

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I like to feel adrenaline

And know that I’m alive

I get that through hard exercise

But also through hard work.

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I love to dig and work the earth

Rejoice, enjoy outside

But better to work with nature

And get her on your side.

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Digging dries the soil out

It’s structure gets destroyed

You mess up micro-organisms

Sadly worms get sliced.

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I’m a recent convert

To the principles of ‘No Dig’

Better to add compost

Than to just disturb the earth.

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It’s better to work intelligently

Than eye-bulgingly and hard

Work with Mother Nature

And get her on your side.

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We’ve been to see Charles Dowding

Been learning what to do.

Don’t just put your head down

You have to think things through.

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Check him out on YouTube

Or maybe get the book.

It’s all very well to work real hard

But better to get it right.