{"id":125662,"date":"2022-03-29T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T04:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-the-first-warm-enough-day-of-the-year-to-just-lie-and-listen\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T04:47:31","slug":"country-diary-the-first-warm-enough-day-of-the-year-to-just-lie-and-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-the-first-warm-enough-day-of-the-year-to-just-lie-and-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Country diary: The first warm-enough day of the year to just lie and listen"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: While others take this cue to get busy in the garden, I\u2019ve made it my ritual to take a pause firstAt the beginning of the first lockdown, I bought a hammock. It just about fits in my paved backyard between the raised beds, below the washing line. I can lie in it and look up at the sky, telephone wires chopping the blue into splinters, laundry flapping over my head. The first warm-enough day of the year, when I can finally lie back and take my swaying place among the plants again, is long-awaited. And here it is, at last.All around me are beginnings. The roses have new red fingers. Bleeding hearts raise their hands from the still-cold soil between the purple crocuses. Most gardeners would be eager to get started, but instead of greeting spring with busyness, I have made it my ritual to do the opposite. I lie still and listen first, before even thinking about work. It feels right, respectful. Here is a chance to hear the news \u2013 the world\u2019s, the garden\u2019s, my own. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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