{"id":112103,"date":"2019-11-03T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T06:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/getting-down-to-earth-on-the-plot-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-03T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T07:06:16","slug":"getting-down-to-earth-on-the-plot-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/getting-down-to-earth-on-the-plot-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting down to earth on the plot | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe nights may be drawing in, but there\u2019s still time to prepare the plotThe clocks have turned and it\u2019s winter, Greenwich meantime. The month of all souls and remembrance. Back to an 8.30am sunrise in Scotland and sunset soon before 4pm. It\u2019s a month of storms, maybe even snow in the north, everywhere the likely return of frost.It\u2019s time to prepare your plot for winter. Protect vulnerable planting and net brassicas from pigeons. Prepare bird boxes, as some birds will be looking soon for shelter and a drier, warmer winter home. Hang out feeders (and don\u2019t mind the greedy squirrels). Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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