{"id":99760,"date":"2018-10-13T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/elena-ferrante-i-devote-myself-to-plants-is-it-because-i-am-afraid-of-them\/"},"modified":"2018-10-13T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T06:03:20","slug":"elena-ferrante-i-devote-myself-to-plants-is-it-because-i-am-afraid-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/elena-ferrante-i-devote-myself-to-plants-is-it-because-i-am-afraid-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Ferrante: \u2018I devote myself to plants. Is it because I am afraid of them?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPlants are prisoners, yet they extend, twist, creep their way inI love plants. Maybe even more than animals, more than cats, which I adore. I like everything about plants, but I always feel as though I know nothing. I buy them at the nursery, I distribute them on balconies and in every room, I plant them in the ground in the garden. I learn their names, including the scientific ones, and I write down in a notebook how much to water them, when to give them hormones, whether they need a lot of sun or a little.And not only that: I study the types of soil, the time for pruning and the techniques. I worry about late freezes as if they were earthquakes or tidal waves. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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