{"id":4656,"date":"2016-02-13T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-does-your-garden-grow-ewan-williams-catford-london\/"},"modified":"2016-02-13T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T06:01:47","slug":"how-does-your-garden-grow-ewan-williams-catford-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-does-your-garden-grow-ewan-williams-catford-london\/","title":{"rendered":"How does your garden grow? Ewan Williams, Catford, London"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI enjoy the monotonous tasks of weeding, digging and wheel barrowing, not to mention chopping wood\u2026I work as an assistant head in a\u00a0local secondary school, which I\u00a0love, but it\u00a0is all headwork. At home, I like to work equally hard, but in a physical way. It focuses the mind. I am not interested in going to the gym and running on a\u00a0treadmill, but I enjoy the monotonous tasks of weeding, digging and wheelbarrowing, not to mention my chainsaw work and wood chopping.I have a massive log pile. I\u2019m told the Swiss take\u00a0their wood piles seriously; it\u2019s all about reserves and how long they will last. Wood years\u00a0are a\u00a0measure of manliness. I am at two and\u00a0a half: that\u2019s how long it would take our wood-burner to get through. My supply has not\u00a0all come from this suburban garden. I\u00a0prune\u00a0neighbours\u2019 trees, scour Gumtree, and arborists in London are\u00a0usually happy for me to\u00a0help myself. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…How does your garden grow? Ewan Williams, Catford, London<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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