{"id":141313,"date":"2024-01-14T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-birthday-gives-me-the-chance-to-look-back-at-a-gardening-life-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T13:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T06:08:39","slug":"a-birthday-gives-me-the-chance-to-look-back-at-a-gardening-life-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-birthday-gives-me-the-chance-to-look-back-at-a-gardening-life-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"A birthday gives me the chance to look back at a gardening life | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMid-January may be a quiet time for gardening but it can uncover deep roots of memoryIt\u2019s my birthday tomorrow. I won\u2019t be working. Ever since I borrowed the idea from an older, smarter editor I admired. There were other attributes I learned: a yen for three-button navy suits, strong Italian drinks, American nonfiction writers from the 50s and 60s.But back to why I most often spend my birthday in a garden. It is not as if mid-January is the most productive growing time. No fruit on the trees, few flowers to be found. But it is somehow inextricably tied into the gift of stolen time. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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