Property News · August 15, 2021

In a strange summer, take pleasure in small triumphs


Amid battered plants and broken stems are fine sunflowers and a scarlet tagetesFirst morning back in London. I am at the plot at around 7am. The allotment site is still lush, a symphony of near-impossible greens.The long grass is flattened by days of heavy rain, and many of the wilder flowers, too. Our poppies lie exhausted and battered. Snails are on poles, on plants; slugs on the grass, on the ground. I throw them as far as I can, over the fence into the wild beyond. They’ll likely be back before I leave. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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