{"id":114218,"date":"2020-02-12T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T05:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-mistletoes-moon-pearls-are-full-of-marvellous-jelly\/"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T06:09:53","slug":"country-diary-mistletoes-moon-pearls-are-full-of-marvellous-jelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-mistletoes-moon-pearls-are-full-of-marvellous-jelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Country diary: mistletoe's moon pearls are full of marvellous jelly"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMarshwood Vale, Dorset: On a sunny day three Februarys ago, I squashed the berries on to an apple branch. That March, crooked shoots emergedIt was a shock to see green where I thought all had failed. There it was \u2013 a tiny wishbone with a pair of propeller-shaped leaf blades reaching up and out towards the sun. The first shoot of a new mistletoe plant.Mistletoe (Viscum album) takes a long time to establish. Four Christmases ago, I saved some berries to ripen, a handful of rubbery moon pearls salvaged from the darkest days of winter. They need light or they die, so I put them in a jam jar next to the spider-webbed window of the garden shed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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