Photo essay: recently flowering
Sharing some photos of some pretty that has recently been flowering in my garden. Keeping it simple with just photos! So what’s been flowering in your garden?
Gardening with ME: upon reflection
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 …
Gardening with ME: growing alpines
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 …
Garden visit: Dyffryn Gardens
A sunny winter day! We made a visit to Dyffryn Gardens, which is quite local to us. And we joined the National Trust. Basically, they are doing a lot of good work dealing with the history of colonialism relating to …
Gardening with ME: an introduction
Long-standing readers might wonder at the title of this post. Before you say, hey, Gwenfar has been talking about Gardening with ME for ages, here’s why this I’ve titled this ‘an introduction’. I am now writing a quarterly Gardening with …
Gardening with ME: Sweetpeas
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the more you pick Sweetpeas, the more they will flower. Until you realise that if you use your limited energy frequently picking Sweetpeas, then you won’t have energy to do anything else. Sigh. …
Comeston Lakes: wildflowers, June 2024
Went for a roll* down to Cosmeston Lakes today and spotted these wildflowers along the way. *roll – with my mobility scooter
Tramping about: accessing nature
I had plans. I had so many plans. I wanted to visit the gardens of Iran. Soak up the history and culture of Morocco. Travel to the Caucasus on an alpine plant holiday of discovery. I wanted to finally be …
A little host of daffodils
Bare with me. First I have to show you a before photo, of what the front garden was like when we first moved in. It was just grass. Now, the photo of the garden this Spring. It’s a bit of …
Buona pasqua! Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Blaue Glocke’
Once again, the Pasque flower, flowers right on time for Easter. This is my favourite Pulsatilla cultivar, and one of my most favourite plants. It’s so soft and tactile, you want to stroke it like a cat! Honestly, who wouldn’t …