Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
After publishing my introduction to Spoonie Veg post, I received some really interesting and helpful perspectives from readers, both on my blog and in Twitter conversations. One thing that came out of this was that I realised a post on …
There was real warmth in the sun today and it really felt like Spring. After nearly a week of bad ME days that kept me mostly bed/house bound, I was feeling a little better and really wanted to get outside. …
It’s been just over 2 years since the landscapers completed the work on my garden, and it’s only now that I finally have the large water tank in place that was originally part of my design. You can see the …
Last October I blogged about facing the fact that I couldn’t continue to garden like I was a normal healthy person. At the time my ME was getting worse, and I had to rethink how I garden. Part of the …
Even on an overcast day, the Peak District never disappoints. We decided to venture further south into the White Peak part of the District to explore part of the Dovedale area. It’s an area that’s decidedly peaky with it’s pointy …
Our annual snowdrop pilgrimage saw us to return to Hodsock Priory this year (last year we visited Colesbourne Park), bringing our friends J-P and Kate with us. Although it was a rather cloudy overcast day and bitterly cold, this didn’t …