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Doing Something Different With All These Plums: Nigel Slater’s Plum Cake
I’ve got a glut of plums from the two trees in my garden. This isn’t a new thing, as I normally get a few bags from my nan’s tree,..
I’ve got a glut of plums from the two trees in my garden. This isn’t a new thing, as I normally get a few bags from my nan’s tree,..
In 2007, I took on a redundant allotment plot with my gardening-mad mum Jan. As all good mums do, she went along with it, but I don’t think she held out much hope.
However, three years on, and she now lets me do stuff without watching over my shoulder, so I must be doing something right. [ read more ]
During 2011, I kept a diary of how much money I save from growing my own fruit and vegetables.
After totalling all my outgoings, I saved approximately £500 over the year.
I made a spreadsheet to calculate these savings - it’s nothing too complicated, as I’m no Excel guru, but hopefully someone else will find it as useful (and strangely fun) as me.
For more info, visit my Money Saving Experiment page by clicking here.