{"id":139951,"date":"2023-10-20T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/make-this-half-term-one-where-you-nurture-a-budding-gardener\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:17:10","slug":"make-this-half-term-one-where-you-nurture-a-budding-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/make-this-half-term-one-where-you-nurture-a-budding-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Make this half-term one where you nurture a budding gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLots of autumn jobs are robust enough to be taken on by smaller hands \u2013 and you\u2019ll be grateful for the helpOf all the activities children can get involved in, gardening never seems the most immediately practical. Dirt, potentially dangerous tools, and the chance of having a precious plant mangled (I have witnessed frustrated \u2013 and sleep deprived \u2013 adults shedding rage tears over alliums decapitated by footballs). It is possibly a lot easier just to take them to soft play.But then pretty much every adult I speak to who loves gardening can trace this back to getting dirt beneath their fingernails as a child. Often we associate gardening with those who show us how, the patient parent, grandparent or family friend who gently takes our pudgy little hands and shows us how to pick blackberries, sow seeds or unearth a carrot that actually tastes of something. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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