{"id":23381,"date":"2016-08-19T20:47:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-isnt-about-life-its-about-death-and-thats-why-i-love-it-peter-ormerod\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T21:15:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T14:15:37","slug":"gardening-isnt-about-life-its-about-death-and-thats-why-i-love-it-peter-ormerod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-isnt-about-life-its-about-death-and-thats-why-i-love-it-peter-ormerod\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening isn\u2019t about life. It\u2019s about death. And that\u2019s why I love it | Peter Ormerod"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI used to sneer at the green-fingered and think Alan Titchmarsh a devil in wellies. But this bank holiday I\u2019ll be in my garden killing stuff, and feeling totally aliveHave you ever had the feeling that you\u2019ve been completely wrong about something your entire life? Perhaps you\u2019ve seen through superficialities to the truth of the thing. Perhaps you\u2019ve had a sudden moment of perception, a sort of X-ray vision that enables you to reconsider the foundations upon which your life is built. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree it\u2019s terrifying, disorienting, discombobulating and really rather thrilling. Related: The gentle magic of gardening, where human art and nature\u2019s anarchy meet | Giles Fraser: Loose canon Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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