Nathan Payne planted cherry, apricot, plum, and nectarine trees and waited years for them to bear fruit. He uses his garden to argue against instant gratification, showing how consistent care eventually pays off.
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What everybody wants these days, they want instant gratification. They want to get something immediately without having to put the time and the effort and the work into it. But you know what I've been loving recently? I've been loving planting trees and watching the fruit grow, because the fruit doesn't grow unless you give it time. You nourish it, you water it, you take care of it. Check this out. This is my cherry tree. I've had it for a year. Now it's finally bringing me some fruit. Love it. This is my apricot tree. I've had it for 2 years. Look at it. Finally, there's only 2 fruits that have been growing on there. 2 apricots. I can't wait to eat them. It's tiny. Had this plum tree for 4 years. It's finally given nice plums, nice plum fruit. There's only like 8 or 9 of them. My favorite, my literally my favorite tree, had for about 4 years as well. Finally, last year barely gave any fruit because of the winter. This year it's crushing it. Yo, these are my nectarines. I freaking love them from Costco. So delicious. There's like 100 of them. There's like 200 because I've been patient. So be patient because it will come to you.