Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
Um, it’s taken me a bit a time to get around to writing a follow up post to that written in August 2021. Somehow life, moving from South Yorkshire to South Wales, and more life, well, it got in the …
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 …
Updated 18th February 2022 Disabled people are often told we are needed in politics and should be more active, but the people saying this never consider what kind of accommodations might be needed to make it possible for us to …
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, …
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 …
This article was first published in the ME Association’s ME Essential magazine, Spring 2021, pages 32-33. Slow onset ME. You’ve probably never heard of it. It’s mentioned here and there, and on the ME Association website, but there are no …
Work has completed on the back garden and I thought I should introduce the design and how it all looks now. The design for the back garden is not yet fully formed, but like with the front garden, I’d really like …
I’m in a bit of a bind. I want to follow permaculture principals and take time before making major decisions about my new garden. But I am also in an odd situation where I have exactly the same layout of …
I’ve not been up to blogging or gardening recently. The ME has been bad and I’ve needed to rest. I was able to get out into the garden and take some photos on the weekend, so I thought I’d just …
Updated 26th March 2023 Spoonie Veg rating: 1 Ok, my hands are up, I admit this isn’t the most obvious first choice for an individual Spoonie Veg blogpost. Bear with me, and see if I cannot convince you that Sorrel …