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...In Britain, my garden is still bare and bleak....
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...They have taken into consideration their audience, their location, price points, public taste, ingredients, costs and the current state of the market....
...Several state banks last year unveiled new credit lines to companies including Country Garden as part of government support for the property market. But Country Garden’s sales kept falling....
...The cash crunch emerged with the failure of China Evergrande in 2021 and has since weighed heavily on construction and confidence in the housing market....
...Avoid purchases from outdoor markets or cold draughty shops. Even if plants look fine, signs of cold damage take a few days to develop. Blackened foliage, drooping and rapid leaf drop can all follow....
...Country Garden, which defaulted in October after it was previously seen as one of China’s safest developers, had a winding-up petition filed against it in Hong Kong in February over a $200mn loan....
...Country Garden’s sales fell 44 per cent year-on-year in the first six months of 2022....
...Insecticides, which had a global market value of nearly $84.5bn in 2019 according to the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s 2022 Green Atlas, create one of many pressures on insects....
...Just over the street is the charming Bürkliplatz, which has a wonderful food market on Tuesdays and Fridays where you can stock up on Swiss cheese, and, on summer Saturdays, a lovely antiques market....
...Country Garden’s woes have also compounded fears that the crisis will spill over into other sectors....
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