{"id":111734,"date":"2019-10-20T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T05:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-rain-has-hammered-the-amaranth\/"},"modified":"2019-10-20T13:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T06:05:55","slug":"the-rain-has-hammered-the-amaranth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-rain-has-hammered-the-amaranth\/","title":{"rendered":"The rain has hammered the amaranth\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA few dry days and winter sun may hold back the decline. I\u2019ll leave it late to save precious seedSummer\u2019s been dismantled. Packed away. The plot is hunkering down nearer the ground. Kala\u2019s garden, too, has been half-cleared, now sitting in jugs and drying on shelves. Huge heads of sunflowers, seeds to be shared with friends and family.I have left the sweet pea structures on the plot, though the flowers are long gone. Two have been colonised by nasturtiums, tendrils reaching hungrily out as though to snare passers-by. The last wigwam is now webbed by an iridescent morning glory, its seed sent to me by a reader. New to me, I will grow them again every year, purple as Prince. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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A few dry days and winter sun may hold back the decline. 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