{"id":138549,"date":"2023-07-30T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T05:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-allotment-has-run-a-little-wild-but-order-is-quickly-restored\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T12:38:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T05:38:52","slug":"the-allotment-has-run-a-little-wild-but-order-is-quickly-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-allotment-has-run-a-little-wild-but-order-is-quickly-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"The allotment has run a little wild \u2013 but order is quickly restored"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe nettles are high and the snails have been busy, but it doesn\u2019t take long to turn things aroundFour weeks away and the plot is astray. Like a wild child in need of love, perhaps a haircut. There\u2019s been much rain and new growth. Slugs and snails have run amok. Many leaves are ravaged. Gaping gaps.The bean poles are wilting under the weight of fresh growth in the wet. The chard stems are thick and white like skeletal structures. The herb fennel\u2019s close to 2 metres tall, near to smothering some sweet peas. Howard\u2019s also been out of town. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The nettles are high and the snails have been busy, but it doesn\u2019t take long...<\/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-138549","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-A2F","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121460,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/in-a-strange-summer-take-pleasure-in-small-triumphs\/","url_meta":{"origin":138549,"position":0},"title":"In a strange summer, take pleasure in small triumphs","date":"August 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Amid battered plants and broken stems are fine sunflowers and a scarlet tagetesFirst morning back in London. 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