{"id":124153,"date":"2022-01-09T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-locked-out-of-the-allotment-but-dream-of-new-life-and-new-planting-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T07:03:19","slug":"im-locked-out-of-the-allotment-but-dream-of-new-life-and-new-planting-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-locked-out-of-the-allotment-but-dream-of-new-life-and-new-planting-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m locked out of the allotment, but dream of new life and new planting | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCouncil plans have put allotment work on hold so I peer through the gate making plansNew year, new plot, new soil. We have been exiled now from the allotment site for six weeks or so. Another six weeks \u2013 we hope \u2013 to go. Locked out from working land in winter, from digging and planting. Just being there. The garden rituals and camaraderie that get us through.I pine for the plot but we are currently persona non grata. A survey discovered asbestos on ours and another nearby allotment site. I suspect it is perhaps not uncommon in London. There were council plans at first to build raised beds but costs put paid to that. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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