Let’s Get Dirty!
I was always told that a bit of dirt was good for me. And I’ve grown to believe that lettuce aint lettuce unless its got the right amount..
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Garlic Getting off to a Florist Bucket Flyer!
Garlic is in the spotlight at the mo, both on the telly and the allotment. Last week, Clarissa Dickson Wright and the Great British Food..
The Mystery of Plot 121 – Are Supernatural Forces at Work?
Any ideas on this strange allotment phenomenon? Just up from me there is a plot, which has been turned into one big bed. I have seen the..
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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