{"id":114459,"date":"2020-02-23T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T08:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/break-the-garlic-rules-for-a-big-surprise-james-wong\/"},"modified":"2020-02-23T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T09:02:48","slug":"break-the-garlic-rules-for-a-big-surprise-james-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/break-the-garlic-rules-for-a-big-surprise-james-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Break the garlic rules for a big surprise | James Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGarden lore dictates you must plant garlic in the cold months. Here\u2019s why that doesn\u2019t always apply\u201cIn gardening there are no mistakes, only experiments.\u201d This quote by gardener Janet Kilburn Phillips has to be my favourite horticultural saying ever, for the simple truth it tells.As someone with a lifelong fixation with plants, I can\u2019t help but feel that the rigid rules that underpin much of our traditional gardening wisdom are often a huge \u2013 and entirely unnecessary \u2013 barrier to timid first timers starting out on their own gardening adventure. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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