Stage One of the Sweet Potato Harvest
Since I took my plot on, I’ve always experimented with sweet potatoes. Some years have been better than others, especially as they can be..
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Common Ground Between the Allotment and Riding My Bike
Regular readers and those who have the misfortune to know me in real life will be aware that aside from the allotment, my other passions in..
Those Little Things that Make Us Members of the GYO Gang
I heard a lovely story this week. My mate Nick has got into GYO this year, and he’s been talking recently about expanding his empire into..
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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