{"id":136588,"date":"2023-05-10T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ditch-your-spade-forget-fertiliser-listen-to-the-weeds-alys-fowlers-guide-to-laid-back-gardening\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T12:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:15:51","slug":"ditch-your-spade-forget-fertiliser-listen-to-the-weeds-alys-fowlers-guide-to-laid-back-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ditch-your-spade-forget-fertiliser-listen-to-the-weeds-alys-fowlers-guide-to-laid-back-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditch your spade, forget fertiliser, listen to the weeds: Alys Fowler\u2019s guide to laid-back gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nItching to whip your flowerbeds or veg patch into shape now spring has finally arrived? Not so fast! Life\u2019s much easier when you work with nature rather than against itAfter almost 30 years of gardening, several of those at fine institutions such as the Royal Horticultural Society and Kew Gardens, I\u2019ve realised that much of what I was taught is, if not wrong, not exactly on the mark either. All that laboured effort \u2013 the weeding, the fertilising, the digging, the tending and pruning, the selecting and conforming \u2013 it\u2019s not working. Not for the plants, the soil or the community around them, which includes you and me. Indigenous cultures everywhere have based their practices on observing and honouring the ecology, while we in the \u201cdeveloped world\u201d wrote down our rules. Our attempt to control nature has perpetuated poor relations with all the beings in the garden, turning everything into some sort of battle, or endless regimes whether that\u2019s mowing, hoeing, watering or attacking some critter. It is a lot of work and these days way more than I am prepared to put in. Now spring is finally unfurling, this growing season, perhaps rather than going to work in our gardens, we could all relax a little, spend more time looking and listening, waiting rather than reacting, being in the garden as much as actively gardening. Here is how it\u2019s done. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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