{"id":107501,"date":"2019-05-26T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spring-planting-and-birthdays-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-05-26T12:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T05:07:40","slug":"spring-planting-and-birthdays-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spring-planting-and-birthdays-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring planting and birthdays | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSharing time on the allotment just goes to prove that the family that sows together grows togetherIt is May, my daughter Kala\u2019s birthday month. Time also to top-up pots and window boxes. Time to find room for another climbing rose. The rituals of our year.I have been busy gathering seed for Kala\u2019s summer. A bit manically, of course. This year\u2019s new obsession is zinnias, an old-school garden flower, bright and beautiful. There are multiple packets of cosmos in almost every colour. There are new poppies, though last year\u2019s have burst through already, plus the seed we saved. And always nasturtiums, sunflowers, too, and various calendula; it wouldn\u2019t be our family without them. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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