{"id":8410,"date":"2013-04-02T09:23:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T09:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=8410"},"modified":"2013-04-02T09:23:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T09:23:31","slug":"the-benefits-of-having-an-allotment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=8410","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of having an Allotment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caitriona Redmond talks to Noel McGuinness on Northside2Day about the Balbriggan Allotment Association. \u00a0She describes the benefits of growing your own vegetables and fruit, the social aspects of having an allotment and the therapeutic effects of gardening. \u00a0In addition to the allotments she says they will have a pig rearing area and another area for bee-keeping, as well as a plot for growing willows as fuel. 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