Wanted: Allotment Sitter!
I’ve been a very lucky boy recently. Ailsa treated me to a surprise couple of days away for my 30th birthday, and my stag do weekend is..
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How Much Money Can Growing My Own Save Me? May Update
£51.49! After April’s prediction of a May blip in harvesting levels, you can imagine my excitement when I totted up my pickings and had..
This Crazy Weather, It’s Effects on the Plot, and Some Ways Around It.
It’s been a tough old year so far. I can’t visit the plot or log on to Twitter without someone threatening a rain dance. Provisional..
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.
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.
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