{"id":149648,"date":"2025-02-26T22:29:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-i-have-learned-in-my-filthy-bloody-sisyphean-quest-to-tame-my-garden-adrian-chiles\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:54:15","slug":"what-i-have-learned-in-my-filthy-bloody-sisyphean-quest-to-tame-my-garden-adrian-chiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-i-have-learned-in-my-filthy-bloody-sisyphean-quest-to-tame-my-garden-adrian-chiles\/","title":{"rendered":"What I have learned in my filthy, bloody, sisyphean quest to tame my garden | Adrian Chiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIt\u2019s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious frustration. Then you spot spring\u2019s first flower &#8230;There\u2019s no such thing as gardeners\u2019 block, I once read. This from, I believe, a famous writer who was making the point that if you\u2019ve got writers\u2019 block, you should just go and do something else for a bit. Point taken. There is no such thing as gardeners\u2019 block because if you get stuck doing one job, even in the smallest garden, there are roughly 10m other jobs you can be cracking on with. Which is quite right. And this is what makes gardening either the worst thing for you if \u2013 like me\u00a0\u2013 you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or possibly the best.I stride into the garden full of purpose and ambition, with a smile on my face. Invariably, several hours later, I stagger out of there, aching all over, scratched, bloodied, filthy and demoralised, having dug, scraped, cursed and carried myself to physical and mental exhaustion. The clarity of purpose I have at the outset vanishes very quickly, along with my secateurs. In its place, as things that need doing proliferate around me like Japanese knotweed, there comes a confusion of purpose. Lots gets done a\u00a0little bit, but nothing gets done properly. Nothing is\u00a0finished. And it all looks a right bloody mess. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/feb\/26\/what-i-have-learned-in-my-filthy-bloody-sisyphean-quest-to-tame-my-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What I have learned in my filthy, bloody, sisyphean quest to tame my garden | Adrian Chiles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It\u2019s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-CVG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147272,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-9-best-garden-tools-to-make-light-work-of-the-autumn-slog\/","url_meta":{"origin":149648,"position":0},"title":"The 9 best garden tools to make light work of the autumn slog","date":"October 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r From gloves to rakes, leaf grabbers to spades, these essentials will help make the gardener\u2019s busiest season a breezeThe best bulbs to plant this autumn for a blooming good springI disagree that spring is the busiest season for gardeners. 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