{"id":101149,"date":"2018-11-11T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/finding-beauty-in-fading-plants-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2018-11-11T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T06:03:10","slug":"finding-beauty-in-fading-plants-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/finding-beauty-in-fading-plants-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding beauty in fading plants | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOn Plot 29 plants are allowed a longer life \u2013 and their is much to appreciate as they succumb to winterPlanning for winter planting is an awkward thing for me. I am mostly not good at it, mostly for good reasons. It is to do with space, primarily. Plot 29, or my part of it at least, is about 20-odd square metres. Rotation is tough. And I tend to let plants live a longer life. To leave, say, a few kales and Japanese mustards to bloom. It is a thing I learned from Jane Scotter at Fern Verrow farm: a respect for things you grow.There are chicories we sowed last winter that have been blooming throughout the year and now we have a few newer plants that are fast spiralling upwards, soon to be throwing perfect blue-flowered spikes. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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