{"id":113562,"date":"2020-01-12T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T06:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bad-knees-foster-a-new-intimacy-with-my-garden-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2020-01-12T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T06:25:43","slug":"bad-knees-foster-a-new-intimacy-with-my-garden-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bad-knees-foster-a-new-intimacy-with-my-garden-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad knees foster a new intimacy with my garden | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLying on the ground to weed proves more rewarding than it soundsBy the time you read this I will be in hospital. Or maybe on my way home. Recovering \u2013 I hope \u2013 from an operation I have been postponing for years. I am from a generation \u2013 or at least an inclination \u2013 averse to surgery if you can cope with pain.It\u2019s my fault, an old knee injury from my early 20s that has lain dormant for decades. Then it returned and it\u2019s been insistent. I stopped walking to work, my early morning strolling along the canal. It started messing with my gardening, too \u2013 kneeling can feel crucial for weeding and sowing seed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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