{"id":108376,"date":"2019-06-23T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T04:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sowing-annuals-for-my-daughters-summer-garden-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-06-23T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T05:03:29","slug":"sowing-annuals-for-my-daughters-summer-garden-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sowing-annuals-for-my-daughters-summer-garden-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowing annuals for my daughter\u2019s summer garden | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPaternal love is expressed as a riot of blooms and colourKala\u2019s poppies come out as we start sowing more. It is close to her birthday and we are preparing her midsummer garden as we do every year. There are already clematis, mad amounts of jasmine, cascading roses, lolling lavender. It is a heady, sweet-smelling spot in London\u2019s Kentish Town.We are here to sow her annuals and I\u2019ve been hoarding seed like a kid collecting cards. Kala\u2019s is a smallish terrace townhouse garden with fairly poor soil and visiting cats. But it grows well. Last year there was a nasturtium explosion, which invaded her anxious neighbour\u2019s garden. It was mostly my fault. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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