On Thursday, I posted 6 General Tips for Harvesting. For me, harvesting can be a neglected allotment skill, and the tips were designed to..
We’re entering peak harvesting period! I hope your allotments and veg patches are bursting with fresh fruit and veg. This is a truly..
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, over a decade later, 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.
