WellBeing

Gardens of Life

I am writing this from hospital, which is somewhere no WellBeing reader wants to be. Hospitals lack the necessities for getting truly well, plus you risk getting yet another problem that will mean yet another stay in hospital, which is why I am here now.

I miss my garden. And it occurred to me that my garden does contain all the necessities for living well.

Fresh food

What is fresh? Supermarkets and chefs boast about it, but increasingly it means “unprocessed”. A truly fresh orange is so fragrant you

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