{"id":134951,"date":"2023-02-26T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/at-last-the-first-signs-of-spring-are-here\/"},"modified":"2023-02-26T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T06:28:34","slug":"at-last-the-first-signs-of-spring-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/at-last-the-first-signs-of-spring-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"At last, the first signs of spring are here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe ponds have defrosted and we are keen to get back to lifeA sunny day in February, though still chill. The ponds have defrosted and we are hoping to soon be seeing baby frogs. Howard and I are here to hoe. There is a broad bean bed to get ready, and the rest of the plot to prep.We will leave most of the self-sown poppy plants; much of the chervil, too. The ragged kale and the purple frills mustard are thrusting on despite the cool nights. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/feb\/26\/allan-jenkins-on-gardening-spring-is-here-and-we-are-keen-to-get-going\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At last, the first signs of spring are here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The ponds have defrosted and we are keen to get back to lifeA sunny day&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-z6D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73217,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/currys-knowhow-team-really-knows-how-to-alienate-its-customers\/","url_meta":{"origin":134951,"position":0},"title":"Currys\u2019 Knowhow team really knows how to alienate its customers","date":"November 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Two readers tell us how the retailer badly let them down on deliveriesI ordered a fridge from Currys and was assured that delivery would not be a problem, even though there are some steps leading down the garden to our house. 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