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Gardening with ME

A section of the back garden that has been completed by the landscapers. You can see the layout with two raised beds and one lower ornamental bed, paving, and rusted steel arch. This backs on to the back of the house.

Growing through phases: phase 1 complete

5 March 202310 February 2023

The first phase of the landscaping was finished last week! It looks bare now, but it is ready for planting. To remind you what it looked like previously: And now: The empty paved area will be for the chairs, table …

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Categories Accessibility, Back garden Penarth, Gardening with ME, MECFS, Uncategorized
A section of the back garden. There is decking with lots of potted plants on it, then the grass area and some more plants in pots. The sun is shining across the plants on the decking area.

Growing through phases (phase 1)

23 January 202323 January 2023

The last few months I’ve been thinking a lot about how to design my new back garden. With the past couple of gardens, I confess, my plans were based on hope. I mean, all garden plans are, but mine were …

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Categories #MyalgicE, Accessibility, Gardening with ME, MECFS, Uncategorized

Garlic harvest 2022, and news

11 July 2022

On the weekend we harvested my garlic crop, and as the weather is so dry (hot!) at the moment, I’m letting them cure in the sun for a few days. The bulbs are smaller this year. This may be a …

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Categories Gardening with ME, Garlic, Uncategorized

Summer garden with beans

23 December 2021

A lot of the time I’m unable to garden due to my health being so bad (my ME has got worse over the last year). So what does a frustrated gardener do? They start learning how to colour in flowers …

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Categories Colouring, Gardening with ME

Winter solstice

21 December 2021

Happy winter solstice. Some purple-pink #Florespondence flowering this day in the garden.

Categories Gardening with ME, Winter Garden

Update 1: Using a heart rate monitor to better manage MECFS (including HRV)

1 February 20231 August 2021

In mid June, I talked about using a heart rate monitor to better manage MECFS. I thought it might be useful to post an update and let you know how it’s going. And I’m adding information about another useful measurement, …

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Categories #MyalgicE, #pwME, Accessibility, Chronic illness, Disability, Gardening with ME, Heart Rate Monitor, MECFS, Uncategorized

Using a heart rate monitor to better manage MECFS

1 June 202315 June 2021

A couple of months ago I was asking questions on Mastodon and Twitter for help with finding a heart rate monitor to help me better manage pacing and my MECFS symptoms. The reason for this was that I’d read a …

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Categories #MyalgicE, #pwME, Accessibility, Disability, Gardening with ME, Heart Rate Monitor, MECFS

Hedging my bets

14 May 20217 May 2021

Hedges are great. I mean, the right kind of hedges a great. A nice beech hedge, that’s a great hedge. But not all hedges are planted equal. Like, when someone, for reasons only known to themselves, decides to plant six …

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Categories Bulbs, front garden, Gardening with ME, Uncategorized

Gardening with ME: plans for the kitchen garden this coming season

15 September 202018 January 2020

  I’ve been mulling over what to grow in my veg beds this coming season. I decided to focus on the following categories: A) veg I love but cannot easily get hold of from our local supermarket,B) veg I love …

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Categories Gardening with ME, Vegetable beds, Vegetables

Forest garden border: reviewing the first season

10 September 20205 January 2020

The L-shaped forest garden border along the south (left) and west (right) facing fences, in July, prior to the new kitchen garden beds being created in front. My forest garden border was first planted out in March this year, and …

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Categories Apples, Blueberries, Comfrey, Damson, Forest Garden, Fruit trees, Gardening with ME, Sorrel
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