{"id":140709,"date":"2023-12-15T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fruit-bushes-with-their-promise-of-future-abundance-are-my-favourite-gifts\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:13:25","slug":"fruit-bushes-with-their-promise-of-future-abundance-are-my-favourite-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fruit-bushes-with-their-promise-of-future-abundance-are-my-favourite-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit bushes, with their promise of future abundance, are my favourite gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom traditional favourites such as raspberries to new hybrid jostaberries, bare root bushes and canes are real crowdpleasers at ChristmasIf you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019re a difficult person to buy gifts for. Being a plant person, I spend much of my time considering our collective future on this planet and attempting to resist the lure of overconsumption. But I\u2019d be lying if I said I\u2019m not tempted to ask for a fancy pair of thermal gloves or a well-designed harvest knife for Christmas.However, the gifts I prefer to give and receive are \u2013 predictably \u2013 ones that grow and hold the promise of future abundance. Fruit bushes and canes are among the best of them. They are fairly low maintenance once established, high yielding in relation to the space they need, and result in much less of the plastic waste that inevitably comes with supermarket soft fruit. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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