Disability – Gwenfar's Garden and other musings

A photo of a border which has lots of hot pink flowers of Silene coronaria, mixed in amongst other plants and a rusted steel obelisk.

Gardening with ME: upon reflection

4 April 2025

There is some gardening with ME that you can do in bed. I’m not joking. I do my best thinking about the garden whilst resting in bed. Over winter, I spent time reflecting on the past year, thinking about what …

A group of alpines in small pots, including Sedums, Erodiums and Semperviviums.

Gardening with ME: growing alpines

4 April 202522 January 2025

Have you heard of alpine plants? They are lesser known, even amongst many gardeners. Yet for people with an energy limiting chronic illnesses like ME, alpines are smaller and easier to manage. So let me introduce you to alpines, the …

Early August. An overview of one of the lakes with the camera looking into the sun. There are reeds and grasses, with the light catching the tips of the grass flowers which look kind of red and glowing. The sky is blue interspersed with clouds.

Postcards from Penarth: Cosmeston Lakes, August – December 2022

8 April 202324 December 2022

This, is one of the reasons we chose to live in this part of Penarth. Cosmeston Lakes, the path to which is about 5 minutes from our new home. As you can see, there are plenty of paths I can …

A white blonde woman standing in the community garden, wearing gardening gloves and holding a small pot with a young plant in it. She is looking to the right, and is talking about potting on or planting out young plants.

Slow-onset ME

2 June 202112 March 2021

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 …