{"id":61704,"date":"2017-07-25T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-plant-to-make-a-man-as-merry-as-a-cricket\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T11:34:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:34:21","slug":"a-plant-to-make-a-man-as-merry-as-a-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-plant-to-make-a-man-as-merry-as-a-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"A plant to make a man as merry as a cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAllendale, Northumberland The melancholy thistle\u2019s heads are magenta shaving brushes lighted on by hoverflies and beesThe garden is all heat and light on this summer afternoon, pulsing and multilayered with insect sounds and constant movement. Wild flowers jostle with the cultivated, in varieties chosen for their nectar and pollen. Bumblebees wiggle up into the blue throats of viper\u2019s bugloss, hoverflies taste scabious, dabbing with their tongues, soldier beetles clamber over wild carrot, bumping into each other before hurriedly parting. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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