{"id":10580,"date":"2016-04-13T19:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/national-gardening-week-the-answer-lies-in-the-soil-rebecca-pow-mp\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T20:50:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:50:56","slug":"national-gardening-week-the-answer-lies-in-the-soil-rebecca-pow-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/national-gardening-week-the-answer-lies-in-the-soil-rebecca-pow-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"National Gardening Week: the answer lies in the soil | Rebecca Pow MP"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNational Gardening Week is a chance for all of us to celebrate the ways gardens can make us healthier and happierThere\u2019s an adage that says gardening is what people do when they have failed in politics. But this has certainly not been the case for me \u2013 my love of gardening and indeed the wider outdoors has been life-long.Brought up on a dairy farm in Somerset, I have always been captivated by the countryside. This passion led me into a career as a journalist and broadcaster specialising in rural affairs, farming and gardening. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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