{"id":147120,"date":"2024-09-20T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-love-gazing-at-my-garden-as-summer-melds-into-autumn-then-i-start-to-plan\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T02:12:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T19:12:35","slug":"i-love-gazing-at-my-garden-as-summer-melds-into-autumn-then-i-start-to-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-love-gazing-at-my-garden-as-summer-melds-into-autumn-then-i-start-to-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"I love gazing at my garden as summer melds into autumn. Then I start to plan"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe hard work of summer is over and I can reflect on the season\u2019s surprises, and failuresCan you feel it? The shift? Sunday is the autumn equinox, when night and\u00a0day will be almost exactly the same length. Summer is over; autumn and longer nights lie ahead.For sun lovers, I know this is not a\u00a0day to be celebrated, but this is my favourite part of the year. For one thing, it\u2019s a magical time in our gardens. I recently returned from a\u00a0holiday and fell in love with mine all\u00a0over again; it was overgrown and indignant, with flowers elegantly swaying with the final energy of a\u00a0summer\u2019s growth \u2013 on the brink of\u00a0teetering from their final triumph into\u00a0seed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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