Gardening with ME: French beans
The growing season of 2014 has been one of the best years I’ve had for some time in growing climbing French beans. I’ve often done well with dwarf French beans and this year was no exception, but climbers have been …
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Gardening with ME: an introduction to a new meme
In a recent conversation on Twitter (late September) between myself, Harriet Thomas, Philippa Burrough and Arabella Sock, we discussed following other people who garden with chronic illness, in particular, ME. ME is Myalgic Encephalopathy, and depending on the person may also be called …
End of month view: September 2014
September in the garden. Actually, I wasn’t in the garden, as I was mainly off travelling with my best friend Kerri who was over from Oz for her 50th birthday. When I was around, I was too ME tired to …
A few thoughts on: Incredible! (Plant veg, grow a revolution)
This isn’t a review per se as I don’t have the energy to write a proper review. But having read the book and being incredibly (ha!) inspired by it, I wanted add a few words to my Blog about it …
End of month view: August 2014
Well, August was fun, wasn’t it?! Lots of grey skies and lower temperatures and then some rain. How darling. At times it felt like autumn had come early, but it did redeem itself on the last day, just in time …
Garden visit: Renishaw Hall Garden
Renishaw Hall Gardens is an Italianate garden on the edge of North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, rather close to my home in Sheffield. I’ll confess at the outset that I’ve never been overly fond of Italianate gardens. Past experience has …
Peak District: Stanage Edge and summer heather
The heather in the Peak District is flowering. There is a pink tinge to the landscape. Stanage Edge A section of Stanage Edge Stanage Edge from the top of the ridge Stanage Edge, heather and weather Burbage Rocks Towards Burbage …