{"id":102122,"date":"2018-12-09T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/allotment-anxiety-im-injured-and-cant-visit-will-it-miss-me-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2018-12-09T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T06:05:00","slug":"allotment-anxiety-im-injured-and-cant-visit-will-it-miss-me-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/allotment-anxiety-im-injured-and-cant-visit-will-it-miss-me-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Allotment anxiety: I\u2019m injured and can\u2019t visit \u2013 will it miss me? | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAllan Jenkins is convalescing and fretting over his abandoned plot of landI am currently exiled from the allotment, confined to a room facing our roof terrace, hoping the assorted narcissi and tulip bulbs will soon burst through and admiring the hellebores.An old injury has returned to haunt me and now I am stuck to my bed like a butterfly pinned to a board, for at least a couple of weeks. I am a bit desolate. Some of my happiness is tied to nurturing a small piece of land and I am not sure that it will understand. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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