{"id":25669,"date":"2016-09-10T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-the-wonders-of-leaf-moud\/"},"modified":"2016-09-10T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T10:10:12","slug":"alys-fowler-the-wonders-of-leaf-moud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-the-wonders-of-leaf-moud\/","title":{"rendered":"Alys Fowler: the wonders of leaf moud"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe soprano Anna Dennis is one of my oldest friends. She\u2019s also made the best compost I\u2019ve seen all yearIf you look up Anna Dennis, you\u2019ll find she\u2019s described as a \u201cdelectable soprano\u201d. I\u2019d like to add that she is also rather good at making compost. She made the best compost I\u2019ve seen all year, albeit unwittingly.Being a delectable soprano (she\u2019s one of my oldest friends and I\u2019m not going to let delectable go lightly), she spends a lot of time wandering the globe singing delectably (OK, I\u2019ve finished now). Her garden has to be able to look after itself, and it was doing a fine job when I went to visit. Perhaps too good a job: the jasmine was taking over one half while the ivy was enjoying the other. A\u00a0fuchsia was trying hard to nestle between them for a little light, and the decking? Well, it was there somewhere. It felt a little overwhelming, not somewhere she visited often despite the sun. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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