{"id":19188,"date":"2016-07-09T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-i-quit-the-rocknroll-life-to-spread-the-grow-your-own-message\/"},"modified":"2016-07-09T17:11:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T10:11:19","slug":"me-and-my-garden-i-quit-the-rocknroll-life-to-spread-the-grow-your-own-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-i-quit-the-rocknroll-life-to-spread-the-grow-your-own-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and my garden: \u2018I quit the rock\u2019n\u2019roll life to spread the grow-your-own message\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRachel Rogers, schools gardener in Liverpool, on planting with children (and the big spiders in the shed)Working with children in a school garden is much, much easier than cooking for celebrities. I used to be a chef on tour with artists like the Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams and Kylie. It wasn\u2019t them; it was the being away from home. I\u2019d get a call saying, \u201cCan you fly to Australia tomorrow for six weeks?\u201d I\u2019d pack in a hurry, settle the bills and then remember to tell my husband; now I\u00a0get separation anxiety after a day.I didn\u2019t want to be the oldest roadie on the tour bus and this coincided with getting our first allotment. I quit the rock\u2019n\u2019roll life and studied horticulture and community education while clearing and planting up our precious allotment. It was all about vegetables to start with: I\u00a0wanted to spread the grow-your-own message in conjunction with healthy living and eating. There are more flowers on the allotment now. We cut the dahlias and sweet peas and bring them home, but it is hardly worth it since we spend all weekend and most weekday evenings there. I\u2019d sleep there if there weren\u2019t such big spiders in the shed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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