{"id":149598,"date":"2025-02-21T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spring-isnt-here-yet-but-catkins-might-tide-your-garden-over-until-it-arrives\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:45:27","slug":"spring-isnt-here-yet-but-catkins-might-tide-your-garden-over-until-it-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spring-isnt-here-yet-but-catkins-might-tide-your-garden-over-until-it-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring isn\u2019t here yet \u2013 but catkins might tide your garden over until it arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIf you are craving flowers, these bold yellow columns of tiny blooms may be the answerI can\u2019t stop thinking about the flower market. I make idle plans to get up early and sneak out into the dark, returning to the house as dawn breaks and filling the sink with flowers and stems as the kettle brews for the first cuppa of the day.I can live without flowers in the house in summer; we spend so much time outside, where they are happily showing off. In early winter we can distract ourselves with the greenery of Christmas. But at this time of year my flower cravings really start to itch \u2013 spring is tantalisingly close, and yet still so far away. Until then, we have catkins. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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