{"id":121460,"date":"2021-08-15T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T05:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-a-strange-summer-take-pleasure-in-small-triumphs\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T06:05:44","slug":"in-a-strange-summer-take-pleasure-in-small-triumphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-a-strange-summer-take-pleasure-in-small-triumphs\/","title":{"rendered":"In a strange summer, take pleasure in small triumphs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAmid battered plants and broken stems are fine sunflowers and a scarlet tagetesFirst morning back in London. I am at the plot at around 7am. The allotment site is still lush, a symphony of near-impossible greens.The long grass is flattened by days of heavy rain, and many of the wilder flowers, too. Our poppies lie exhausted and battered. Snails are on poles, on plants; slugs on the grass, on the ground. I throw them as far as I can, over the fence into the wild beyond. They\u2019ll likely be back before I leave. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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