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I love gardening, but due to my "spoonieness" (fibro/autoimmune arthritis) I've found gardening to be rather difficult. I gave up on allotments as by the time I got down to it and tried to work I was exhausted. Raised beds weren't working for me either as a mere 10cm off the ground just is...

I'm a bit late to the party, but I grew some lovely rainbow chard this year; I had never bothered with chard before but it was brilliant and I'll be growing more next year. I'm also trying some overwintering onions and elephant garlic, just for a change (I'm trying to take steps into winter gardening)

One damson mead in secondary ferment after racking; cherry and dandelion mead in the bottle (latter ready to drink, former will take another year), Christmas ale in the bottle, Brown Ale in the keg. I've got a pumpkin ale I want to do next week so here's hoping if I get to it!

Greetings to all and sundry. I live on the Wilts/Dorset border in a rather rural location (thanks to have joints wot don't appreciate stairs). I've lived off and on in various self-sufficientish ways but now thanks to location I'm trying to up my game a bit. Currently I grow fruit and nut trees in p...