I have been diagnosed with Long Covid this year, so I’m learning to contend with POTS, chronic fatigue and other symptoms. Being out in the heat this summer wasn’t really an option for me. Now I am beginning to understand how it all works together, and I struggle to shift watering cans too…

Returning to my growing space after three months in hospital was difficult. Much of the work I completed during the three months before my admission had gone to waste. I had not been able to harvest my beans or my squashes and pumpkins. The winter crops I had grown to see me through the hungry…