{"id":93395,"date":"2018-07-08T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/happy-gardeners-feel-earth-through-their-fingers-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2018-07-08T12:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T05:03:47","slug":"happy-gardeners-feel-earth-through-their-fingers-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/happy-gardeners-feel-earth-through-their-fingers-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy gardeners feel earth through their fingers | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI never wear gloves, says Allan Jenkins. I enjoy getting dirt under my nailsI have good hands (not as in pretty, though they once appeared in a glossy magazine shoot). And no, I don\u2019t mean I am practical. Anything much past banging in a nail and I call in one of my daughters or for hired help.I mean I think I have green fingers \u2013 plants (mostly) seem to want to grow for me. It has always been so, though I am, of course, careful in choosing seed growers and varieties. I look after the soil and, aside from a weakness with oversowing, I put in the work. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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