{"id":122210,"date":"2021-09-25T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-can-save-the-planet-how-start-with-your-soil-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2021-09-25T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:03:17","slug":"gardening-can-save-the-planet-how-start-with-your-soil-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-can-save-the-planet-how-start-with-your-soil-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening can save the planet. How? Start with your soil | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSustainable gardening isn\u2019t hard: nurture your soil, save your seeds \u2026 and compostThe dictionary has it wrong. Gardening isn\u2019t about plants, it\u2019s about everything else: the soil, the insects, the birds, mammals and reptiles, and how you sit in this world. The plants are the final flourish, the gift of reciprocity from all the others.This is why, if your aim is just growing plants, gardening can be frustrating: the garden (AKA all of the above) will often laugh at you and send you slugs or bindweed. For a garden to be successful it has to acknowledge the desires of the non-humans, too. In this way, gardening becomes less an act and more a relationship with your soil and the many things she supports. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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