{"id":123456,"date":"2021-11-28T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T06:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-joy-of-working-together-on-the-plot-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T07:16:27","slug":"the-joy-of-working-together-on-the-plot-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-joy-of-working-together-on-the-plot-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"The joy of working together on the plot | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHelping each other out is one of the many rewards of spending time on the allotmentThere is an element I love about allotment life: the communal corrective. People gathering together in spring and autumn to clear unruly paths and overgrowth. Pitching in, cooking over a barbecue, bringing food and wine. Someone sometimes breaking into song.There has been an absence of working parties in the past year or so, since Covid came at us. Many of our gardeners have mostly stayed away. In their absence the wild has crept back, their plots conquered, quickly reclaimed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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