{"id":124090,"date":"2022-01-04T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cultivating-calm-how-gardening-helps-me-find-peace\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T19:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:03:35","slug":"cultivating-calm-how-gardening-helps-me-find-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cultivating-calm-how-gardening-helps-me-find-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating calm: how gardening helps me find peace"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur columnist, thanks to an elderly neighbour, fell into tending her garden and has not stopped reaping the fruits of her labours in terms of mind, body and soulIt was the runner beans that did it. My neighbour, who is in her 90s, dropped round an envelope filled with a small handful of dried beans, which looked as if they\u2019d been dipped in pink and black paint. A few months later, I was eating the best runner beans I\u2019ve ever tasted, and they kept coming, for weeks and weeks. We gave bunches and bunches away, ate more, learned that you have to de-string them, and then finally, recently, when the plants started to look tired, let them dry out, and saved the seeds for next year\u2019s batch.I have a restless mind and I have tried everything to quieten it. Running, meditation, yoga. Working hard, hardly working. I have repeatedly listened to the app that\u2019s meant to ground you, only to float off on a cloud of guilt for not being able to concentrate on it for long enough. But gardening works like nothing else has. I can nip into the garden for five minutes and find that three hours have passed. I don\u2019t look at my phone. I tend not to worry or fret. And I can eat (most of) the spoils. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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